26th tokgjyky usg: Lekjd bQdks O;k[;ku Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial IFFCO Lecture Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial IFFCO Lecture is being organized by IFFCO every year to promulgate the cooperative principles and ideology advocated by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Architect of Modern India. The Cooperative Award Ceremony is a source of encouragement and inspiration to Cooperative leaders which recognizes their efforts and spirit for the overall growth of the society. oDrk@ Speaker MkW- fxjh'k dukZM] lqizfl) ys[kd] fo[;kr fQYe o ukVddkj Dr. Girish Karnad, Eminent Author, Noted Cinema and Theater Personality 15 uoEcj] 2013 ¼'kqØokj½ vijkºu & 3-00 cts Friday, 15th November 2013, at 3.00 P.M. bafM;u QkjelZ QfVZykbtj dksvkijsfVo fyfeVsM INDIAN FARMERS FERTILISER COOPERATIVE LIMITED ok¡ 26 th tokgj yky usg: Lekjd bQdks O;k[kku Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial IFFCO Lecture Hkkjrh; flusek vkSj jk"Vª&fuekZ.k Indian Cinema and the Creation of Nation oDrk@ Speaker MkW- fxjh'k dukZM lqizfl) ys[kd] fo[;kr fQYe o ukVddkj Dr. Girish Karnad Eminent Author, Noted Cinema and Theater Personality 15 uoEcj] 2013 15 November, 2013 ok¡ 26 th tokgj yky usg: Lekjd bQdks O;k[kku Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial IFFCO Lecture Hkkjrh; flusek vkSj jk"Vª&fuekZ.k Indian Cinema and the Creation of Nation oDrk@ Speaker MkW- fxjh'k dukZM lqizfl) ys[kd] fo[;kr fQYe o ukVddkj Dr. Girish Karnad Eminent Author, Noted Cinema and Theater Personality 15 uoEcj] 2013 15 November, 2013 INDIAN CINEMA AND THE Hkkjrh; flusek vkSj jk"Vª&fuekZ.k CREATION OF A NATION & fxjh'k dukZM - GIRISH KARNAD loZizFke eSa ;g dguk pkgw¡xk fd bafM;u QkjelZ Let me say right at the start what an honour it is QÆVykbtj dksvkijsfVo fyfeVsM ¼bQdks½ dh vksj ls to be standing here to deliver the Jawaharlal Nehru tokgjyky usg: Lekjd O;k[;ku nsus gsrq vkids chp Memorial Lecture for the Indian Farmers Fertiliser mifLFkr gksuk esjs fy, lEeku dh ckr gSA eSa vius vkidks Cooperative. I do not have the authority to talk to bruk l{ke ugha ekurk fd eSa bQdks ds orZeku] lgdkfjrk the present company about the history of the co-operative movement and the extraordinary vkanksyu ds bfrgkl vkSj ml xkFkk esa bQdks dh vlk/kkj.k standing IFFCO has in that saga: its development Hkwfedk ds ckjs esa vkils ppkZ d:¡A fQj Hkh] eSa ;g dguk and contribution to the nation’s economy are simply pkgwaxk fd lgdkfjrk vkanksyu ds fodkl vkSj ns'k dh staggering. What makes this honour even more vFkZO;oLFkk esa bQdks dk ;ksxnku pfdr dj nsus okyk gSA overwhelming for me is the list of eminent men and esjs fy, ;g lEeku blfy, Hkh egRoiw.kZ gS fd fiNys ik¡p women, personages with pride of place in the n'kd ds nkSjku bl ns'k ds ckSf)d bfrgkl esa xkSjoiw.kZ intellectual history of this country during the last LFkku j[kus okys fof'k"V fo}kuksa vkSj fonqf"k;ksa us eqÖkls igys half century, who have delivered this memorial ;g Lekjd O;k[;ku fn;k gSA eSa vius dks muds led{k lecture in the past. I don’t feel equal to being in their ugha ekurk fQj Hkh bl lEeku dks —rKrk ds lkFk Lohdkj company but gratefully accept the privilege. djrk gw¡A I should mention right at the outset how eSa ;g Hkh dguk pkgrk gw¡ fd eSa vkSj esjh iRuh MkW- grateful my wife, Dr Saraswathy Ganapathy, and I ljLorh x.kifr] bQdks }kjk ^csykdw VªLV* dks fn, x;s nl are to IFFCO for donating an honorarium of Rs. Ten Lakhs to the ‘Belaku Trust’, an organization yk[k #i, ds nku ds fy, bQdks ds vR;ar vkHkkjh gSaA esjh which was founded by her and has been working in iRuh }kjk LFkkfir ;g VªLV fiNys mUUkhl lkyksa ls csaxyq: the villages outside Bengaluru for the last nineteen ds ckgj fLFkr xkaoksa esa dke dj jgk gSA Hkkjr ds ,d lk/ku years. These villages are in the proximity of one of lEiUUk 'kgj ds lehi gksus ds ukrs tks ykHk bu xkaoksa rd India’s most prosperous cities and yet very few of igq¡pus pkfg, Fksa] os cgqr FkksM+h ek=k esa gh bu rd igq¡p lds the benefits of being so situated reach them. gSaA dUUkM+ esa ^csykdw* dk vFkZ gS& ^izdk'k* vkSj ;g laxBu ‘Belaku’ means ‘light’ in Kannada and the Hkh xzkeh.k efgykvksa vkSj cPpksa ds LokLF;] f'k{kk vkSj vk; organization strives to bring such light it can in the l`tu ds {ks= esa ,slk gh izdk'k ykus dk iz;kl djrk gSA eSa areas of health, education and income-generation to 1 1 INDIAN CINEMA AND THE Hkkjrh; flusek vkSj jk"Vª&fuekZ.k CREATION OF A NATION & fxjh'k dukZM - GIRISH KARNAD loZizFke eSa ;g dguk pkgw¡xk fd bafM;u QkjelZ Let me say right at the start what an honour it is QÆVykbtj dksvkijsfVo fyfeVsM ¼bQdks½ dh vksj ls to be standing here to deliver the Jawaharlal Nehru tokgjyky usg: Lekjd O;k[;ku nsus gsrq vkids chp Memorial Lecture for the Indian Farmers Fertiliser mifLFkr gksuk esjs fy, lEeku dh ckr gSA eSa vius vkidks Cooperative. I do not have the authority to talk to bruk l{ke ugha ekurk fd eSa bQdks ds orZeku] lgdkfjrk the present company about the history of the co-operative movement and the extraordinary vkanksyu ds bfrgkl vkSj ml xkFkk esa bQdks dh vlk/kkj.k standing IFFCO has in that saga: its development Hkwfedk ds ckjs esa vkils ppkZ d:¡A fQj Hkh] eSa ;g dguk and contribution to the nation’s economy are simply pkgwaxk fd lgdkfjrk vkanksyu ds fodkl vkSj ns'k dh staggering. What makes this honour even more vFkZO;oLFkk esa bQdks dk ;ksxnku pfdr dj nsus okyk gSA overwhelming for me is the list of eminent men and esjs fy, ;g lEeku blfy, Hkh egRoiw.kZ gS fd fiNys ik¡p women, personages with pride of place in the n'kd ds nkSjku bl ns'k ds ckSf)d bfrgkl esa xkSjoiw.kZ intellectual history of this country during the last LFkku j[kus okys fof'k"V fo}kuksa vkSj fonqf"k;ksa us eqÖkls igys half century, who have delivered this memorial ;g Lekjd O;k[;ku fn;k gSA eSa vius dks muds led{k lecture in the past. I don’t feel equal to being in their ugha ekurk fQj Hkh bl lEeku dks —rKrk ds lkFk Lohdkj company but gratefully accept the privilege. djrk gw¡A I should mention right at the outset how eSa ;g Hkh dguk pkgrk gw¡ fd eSa vkSj esjh iRuh MkW- grateful my wife, Dr Saraswathy Ganapathy, and I ljLorh x.kifr] bQdks }kjk ^csykdw VªLV* dks fn, x;s nl are to IFFCO for donating an honorarium of Rs. Ten Lakhs to the ‘Belaku Trust’, an organization yk[k #i, ds nku ds fy, bQdks ds vR;ar vkHkkjh gSaA esjh which was founded by her and has been working in iRuh }kjk LFkkfir ;g VªLV fiNys mUUkhl lkyksa ls csaxyq: the villages outside Bengaluru for the last nineteen ds ckgj fLFkr xkaoksa esa dke dj jgk gSA Hkkjr ds ,d lk/ku years. These villages are in the proximity of one of lEiUUk 'kgj ds lehi gksus ds ukrs tks ykHk bu xkaoksa rd India’s most prosperous cities and yet very few of igq¡pus pkfg, Fksa] os cgqr FkksM+h ek=k esa gh bu rd igq¡p lds the benefits of being so situated reach them. gSaA dUUkM+ esa ^csykdw* dk vFkZ gS& ^izdk'k* vkSj ;g laxBu ‘Belaku’ means ‘light’ in Kannada and the Hkh xzkeh.k efgykvksa vkSj cPpksa ds LokLF;] f'k{kk vkSj vk; organization strives to bring such light it can in the l`tu ds {ks= esa ,slk gh izdk'k ykus dk iz;kl djrk gSA eSa areas of health, education and income-generation to 1 1 ;g dguk csgn t:jh leÖkrk gw¡ fd bl y{; dh vksj the rural women and children. I need scarcely c<+us esa ;g nku gekjh Hkjiwj enn djsxkA —rKrk ds lkFk describe how immensely this donation will help us gekjk /kU;okn A in moving toward that goal. Our most grateful eqÖks tokgjyky usg: dk egt dqN feuVksa ds fy, thanks. n'kZu djus dk volj rc feyk tc eSa 1956 esa dukZVd I saw Jawaharlal Nehru only for a couple of fo'ofo|ky; ds ,d Nk= ds :i esa ;qok egksRlo ds minutes when I came to Delhi as a student of the flyflys esa fnYyh vk;k FkkA ;g og nkSj Fkk tc cM+h ls Karnatak University for a youth festival in 1956. It cM+h jktuhfrd gfLr;k¡ Hkh l'kó lqj{kk xkMks± dks lkFk was an era when even eminent political personages fy, cxSj ;gk¡&ogk¡ ?kwe ldrh FkhaA iafMr th gekjs chp could move around without being accompanied by vk,] xzqi QksVks Ç[kpok;k] dqN 'kCn dgs vkSj pys x,A armed security guards. Panditji came, posed for a group photograph with us, spoke a few words and mudh 'kku vkSj lknxh lnk ds fy, esjh Le`fr esa cl xbZA disappeared, leaving an image of simplicity and vkt eSaus nks dkj.kksa ls bl O;k[;ku ds fy, ^Hkkjrh; elegance indelibly stamped in my memory. flusek vkSj jk"Vª&fuekZ.k* fo"k; pquk gSA igyk ;g fd Today I have chosen the topic ‘ Indian Cinema Hkkjrh; flusek bl lky viuk 'krkCnh o"kZ euk jgk gSA and the Creation of the Nation’ for my lecture for nknk lkgsc QkYds }kjk fuÆer o funsZf'kr igyh Hkkjrh; two reasons.