Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi, in collaboration with the Dept of Culture, Chandigarh, organized a Tri-lingual Kavi Sammelan at the Bal Bhavan this evening. in addition to ten local poets there were two well-known names from outside Chandigarh: Jagjit Singh Sufi and Yogendra Maudgil.
The local poets included the following names:
Hindi:
Jagmohan Chopra
Chander Trikha
Sushil Hasrat
Atul Arora
Santosh Dhiman
Punjabi:
Jagjit Singh Sufi
Jagroop Singh Roop
Manjitinder Kaur
Nirmal Dutt
Urdu:
B.D. Kalia
Madhukar Arya
The Kavi Sammelan was part of the celebration of the Communal Harmony week. Through poetry the attempt was to establish Linguistic Harmony, bringing poets of different languages together on a single platform..
The entire program was ably compered by Madhav Kaushik, a skilled poet himself, who is the Secretary of the CSA.
Shri KK Sharma, Adviser to the Administrator, UT, was the Chief Guest on the occasion. He applauded the efforts of the Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi and the Dept of Culture and spoke of the role that poetry can play in bringing people together. Language and literature, he said, can be a bridge between different communities.
Dr KL Zakir, Chairman, Urdu Sahitya Akademi, presided over the function and brought it to a fitting close with a sprinkling of Urdu poetry that was much appreciated by all.
Ms Varsha Khandwal, Director, Cultural Affairs, who was the chief organizer along with Prof Manju Jaidka of the CSA, was also present on the occasion.
Photographs of the event: https://picasaweb.google.com/105464712099114161998/CSAKaviSammelanNov2011
