hubballi during his first visit to hubballi after becoming the chief minister basavaraj bommai visited the samadhis memorials of his parents to pay respects then he had said that seeking their blessings matters to him the mosthis mother gangamma somappa bommai passed away in 2002 bommai has a special respect for his late mother in whose memory he has published six books through a trust since 2006 four more are in the pipelinemallikarjun bommai aka mahesh bommai younger brother of the cm and the vicepresident of smt gangamma somappa bommai trust told toi that they have been helping thousands of poor children with textbooks notebooks and learning materials we organise programmes on january 26 the birth anniversary of our mother at hubballi savanur and shiggaon we also encourage young writers and honour senior writers by presenting them awards and publishing their books since 2006 he saidchandrashekhar vastrad who edits the books said that they had decided to publish 10 books themed on avva mother these books could be of any genre poetry stories autobiographies novels or the commoners experiences the first book on mother a compilation of poems by contemporary poets was published in 2006 the very next year we had the second book which was a collection of stories about mother by different kannada story writers he saidthe next set of works pertain to mother in autobiographies of great personalities we have compiled stories of russian writer maxim gorky italian littrateur gracial garda hindi writer mahashwetadevi marathi writers saneguruji pramod karnad an kannada writers aanakru niranjana among others themes like folklore mother in ancient kannada works and mother in plays were also covered in the subsequent works he explainedthough the trust holds programmes annually publishing of books needs time as it calls for research also the trust has instituted akka award for women writers janapada siri award for folklore talents and aralu moggu award for budding writers he addedveteran scholar veeranna rajur said bommais affection and respect towards his mother is extended to all mothers of the world while participating in the trusts programmes we have observed that bommai is a good reader thinker and a literature enthusiast he said b l santhosh national general secretary organisation had once tweeted about bommais passion to publish books as a tribute to mothers