Carnival 2011

Adviser, Shri KK Sharma, visiting the CSA stall

CSA at the Carnival:

Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi held a Literary Quiz at the Carnival. The Quiz, conducted by Prof Anil Raina, was open to the public and 6 teams participated for the cash prizes that offered. Prizes were bagged by Tanveer and Piyush (DAVC), Vijay and Ishan (PU), Nishtha and Rohit (PU).

In addition, CSA also held On-the-Spot Contests: Slogan Writing, Couplet and Caption contests. Prizes and souvenirs were given to outstanding entries.

Prize-winners of the Literary Quiz with Prof Anil Raina

Carnival Capers

CHANDIGARH SAHITYA AKADEMI
invites you to participate in
ON-THE-SPOT COMPETITIONS (open to all)
(Caption Contest, Slogan Writing and Couplet Concoction)
on 25th, 26th and 27th November 2011
10 AM to 4 PM
At: the Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi Stall, Chandigarh Carnival

LITERARY QUIZ (open to all)
on 26th November 2011
Reporting time: 10.30 AM
At: the MINI STAGE, Chandigarh Carnival
LEISURE VALLEY- SECTOR !6

Tri-Lingual Kavi Sammelan

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

Competitions at PU

CSA EVENTS HELD AT PU

Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi (CSA) in collaboration with the Panjab University today held an on-the-spot Essay Writing Competition, followed by a Story/Poetry Writing Competition at the Panjab University Campus. The event was organized for the CSA by Dr Meenu Gupta, Assistant Professor of the English Dept. Students of the campus participated in the competitions which were held in English, Hindi and Punjabi.

The Literary Quiz was conducted by Prof Aneel Raina of the English Dept who is also a member of the CSA. The questions asked were drawn from world literatures, Indian literature from different regions, classical literature, literary awards and outstanding personalities associated with literature.

For today's photos click this link: https://picasaweb.google.com/105464712099114161998/12November2011

Results of the competitions:

EVENT	CATEGORY	PRIZE WINNERS
ESSAY WRITING	English	First: Sandeep Kumar Second: Alisha Angrish Third: Anupriya
	Punjabi	First: Sukhjinder Kaur
SHORT STORY	English	First: Nishtha Saxena Second: Aditi Bist Third: Sayyantana Dutta Consolation: Manika Arora
	Hindi	First: Gaurav Kalra Second: Bhawna
	Punjabi	First: Chanchal Sharma
POETRY	English	First: Swastika Khosla Second: Rashi Nair Third: Amandeep Kaur
	Hindi	First: Bharti Second: Chanchal Sharma
	Punjabi	First: Sukhjinder Kaur

QUIZ CONTEST RESULTS

First Prize	Tajinder Singh and Nosheen Kapoor (English Dept)
Second Prize	Pavneet Bangar and Umendra Sharma (UIET)
Third Prize	Gopal Singh and Nupur Pal (English Dept)

Prizes for on-the-spot competitions (Rs. 700, 500, 300) and Team Prizes for the Quiz (Rs.1,000, 800 and 600) will be given at the Third Chandigarh Literary Festival to be held on Feb 10-12, 2012.

FORTHCOMING ACTIVITIES:

At the Chandigarh Carnival, 26-28 Nov 2011, the CSA will hold another Quiz (open to all). There will also be interesting competitions like Slogan Writing, Shayari, Caption Contests, etc, held through the 3-day event.