Writer must have social responsibility: Mavalli Shankar

At a state-level seminar organized by the Purnachandra Kannada Studies and Research Centre at the Government Arts College, Mavalli Shankar addressed the audience. He stated that every writer must have a commitment to respond to social turmoil. He also mentioned that writers like Kuvempu, U.R. Ananthamurthy, Purnachandra Tejaswi, and P. Lankesh have influenced generations with their socially committed literature.