The annual three-day Ugadi Mitr Milan programme got underway at Kala Ashram, Adilabad on Saturday as activists, professionals and others from different places in the country arrived to participate. The programme essentially features discussions revolving around the composition and organisation of rural communities, including traditional artisans which are on the verge of extinction.

Sunil Deshpande of Sampoorna Bamboo Kendra, Amaravati in Maharashtra initiated the programme with an introduction. Kala Ratna award winner and Kala Ashram founder Guruji Ravinder Sharma spoke at length on different subjects.

Among the participants are a former activist A. Mohan Kumar from Kerala; Dr. K. Madhavi from Boston, USA; Ram Babu of Aahar Kuteer, Begumpet, Hyderabad; educationist K.B. Jinan; Dharmendra Joshi from Ratnagiri Maharashtra. Also attending are writers Kamlesh from New Delhi who had been personal assistant of renowned Socialist Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia and Dhruv Shukla from Bhopal, Muneet from Bangalore, Professor Ganesh from Mumbai, and Lenin from Hyderabad.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> National> Andhra Pradesh / by Special Correspondent / Adilabad – March 29th, 2014