The Kannadas - The People, Their History and Culture (Hardcover)

India has often been portrayed as a country with a baffling diversity of regions and peoples, religions and languages, but she has always been a nation of nations with an underlying unity in all her apparent diversity. This unity is essentially a matter of the spirit, a deep understanding of life. The soul of Indian culture is and has always been a steady vision of synthesis and a ceaseless striving towards unity in diversity in all the movements of life. India is seeing a greater synthesis through the new dynamic nationalism, based on the best ideals of ancient Indian culture. The greater the diversity of circumstances and the divergence of outlook, the greater has been the urge towards a unity of a lasting nature. The growing Indian nation is made up of several linguistic and cultural units, units that are both self-contained and interdependent. They are drawing on the common heritage of India and are making their own contribution to the building up of a United India on the basis of their past heritage and their present resources. The Kannadas and the land they inhabit, Karnataka, are witnessing a new awakening in all fields of activity. They have been building up their life as a vital part of the Indian nation and have grown conscious of their past heritage. These volumes provide an outline of the heritage of the people of Karnataka with a view to discovering their uniqueness and recognizing their contribution to Indian culture.