Dakshina Kannada Superintendent of Police Sharanappa S. Dhage on Tuesday said that journalists in the district work in the interest of society with progressive and reformative outlook. That is the reason they excel all over, he said. He was speaking after presenting Padyana Gopalakrishna Award, instituted by the Dakshina Kannada Working Journalists Union, to journalist Chandrahasa Charmadi, here. Mr. Sharanappa said that the police and the media persons work alike and are almost like a family because of their nature of work.
He appreciated the efforts of the union in instituting the award and presenting it to a reporter from rural area.
Responding to the felicitation, Mr. Charmadi, who works for the monthly magazine of Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project, said that he was thankful to the Dharmadhikari [Veerendra Heggade] for allowing him to contribute articles to other publications too. The award-winning article, appearing in a Kannada daily, Prajavani, was on the miserable living conditions of tribal people in a haadi in Chamarajanagar district, he said.
He said that he was happy that the government and other associations initiated reform measures after his article was published. Mr. Charmadi also declared that the purse of Rs. 10,000 coming with the award would be spent on the betterment of people living in the tribal haadi.
Senior journalist Manohar Prasad spoke about his association with late Gopalakrishna. The biography of late Gopalakrishna, being written by senior journalist Chidambara Baikampady, would be released in Bengaluru on April 30 and at Mangaluru on May 3, Mr. Prasad said. Office-bearers of the union were present.
