Bengaluru, Nov. 1 -- union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel HD Kumaraswamy has called upon the Karnataka Government to promote reading culture by purchasing Kannada books for public libraries on a large scale and with matru-preeti (motherly affection).
Participating in the Sapna Book Mall Kannada Rajyotsava Book Fair in Bengaluru today, Kumaraswamy said that encouraging the habit of reading is essential, especially among youth who are otherwise lost to mobile screens.
He urged the state government to take immediate steps to begin the process of buying Kannada books for public libraries and thereby strengthen linguistic pride and literary interest among the people.
The union Minister expressed concern that wholesale purchases of Ka...