“All writers and intellectuals have a moral duty to respond to crisis in society. Writers and intellectuals of today’s India have the moral responsibility to speak about the rise of intolerance in the country,” writer Baraguru Ramachandrappa said in Belagavi on Sunday.
He was speaking during the release of his book, Kage Karunyada Kannu, at the Kannada Bhavan here. The event was organised by the Zilla Bandaya Sahitya Sanghatane and Manava Bandhutva Vedike.
“We are facing a crisis of rising intolerance. Brute power seems to have influenced our minds. The gap between wisdom and prejudice is widening; so is the mistrust between various groups. It seems as if communalism is ruling humanity. Writers and thinkers should rise up to the challenge,” he said.
