“Remain a Kannadiga at heart and fight poverty by creating new opportunities,” Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy exhorted youth while opening the Second World Kannada Meet.
“Remain a Kannadiga at heart and fight poverty by creating new opportunities,” Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy exhorted youth while opening the Second World Kannada Meet in Belgaum on Friday.
Describing the Kannadiga youth as ‘rising suns’, he said they may face hurdles in their way. But they must stand firm and work honestly to achieve their goals. This way, development is possible. Murthy said this is what he learnt in his life.
But real development of Karnataka means not just big cities or software companies. Genuine growth comes only when the quality of life changes for the better in remote villages which do not have good teachers, proper toilets, power supply, drinking water and health centres.
He asked the youth to become entrepreneurs so that new opportunities would open up by themselves. Creating new opportunities, was the best way to eradicate poverty, he added.
Everyone should work towards development. Infosys, for example, is trying to help schools, libraries, medical centres, community centres and art forms which need assistance. However, such helps are only little steps in addressing the issue.
Murthy spoke about the small step he took to make Karnataka the favourite destination of migrants.
After completing his BE 40 years ago, Murthy had to take up work in Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Pune and Paris. While adjusting to new languages and cultures, he had a dream of good days when people from other regions will migrate to Kannada Nadu.
“Today, when I sit in the large campus of Infosys and look at the young boys and girls from other regions, my mind flies back 40 years,” he said.
Murthy expressed his gratitude to all for inviting him for the inauguration of the Kannada meet.
He said Kannada Nadu had a history of 2,000 years. Many famous kings had ruled here. Be it Kadambas of Banavasi, Chalukyas of Badami and Kalyana, Hoysalas of Dorasamudra or Rayas of Vijayanagara, everybody had fought for the unity and culture of different religions.
This land had seen reformers like Basavanna, Madhwacharya and Akkamahadevi, he said. One should always remember the sayings of Purandaradasa, Kanakadasa, Shishunala Shariff and Allama Prabhu. One should also remember Kuvempu, Da Ra Bendre, Shivaram Karanth, Sir M Visvesvaraya and Mirza Ismail.
“Today, our land is not just famous for gold mines, sandalwood or silk. It is drawing world attention through modern technology,” he said, adding, “I won’t be surprised if Bangalored makes it to the English dictionary.”
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