The Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi has drawn up a tentative Calendar of Events for 2008-09. This is what it looks like:
August 9: Creative Workshop for School children
August 14: Tri-lingual Kavi Sammelan
August 30: Play Reading by Narendra Mohan
Sept 14 : Hindi Divas Samaroh
Oct 2: Panel Discussion on the centenary of Gandhi's Hind Swaraj
Nov 14: Seminar on Children's Literature
December 8: Prof Paul Giles, Oxford University, to speak on "Contemporary Trends in Literature -- a British Perspective"
December: Competitive Events at the Chandigarh Carnival
Jan 2009: Poetry Festival on Republic Day
Feb: Events at the Rose Festival
March : Women's Day Celebration
The CSA proposes to continue with its regular activities like Workshops, invited Lectures, Book releases, discussions, etc. Publications like a Newsletter, Journal, Blog, are on the anvil.We also propose to collaborate with other similar organizations. In this direction some exchange has taken place with organzers of the national Sahitya Akademi.
