Day 1 at the Carnival
At the annual Carnival, Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi organized several on-the-spot competitions in which the public participated. the young and the old with literary leanings tried their hand at penning couplets and verses, captions and slogans.
Prizes were announced every hour or so. Lucky prize winners incleded Aman (for Slogan Writing), Satish Popular (for Hasya Kavita), Monica Bhardwaj (for couplet completion) and Sumedha Bector (for Caption contest).
CALLING ALL CHANDIGARH WRITERS:
Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi is also accepting SHORT STORIES (between 1,000 and 2,000 words) and POEMS (not exceeding 2 pages) in English, Hindi and Punjabi for possible publication in a forthcoming anthology. Contributions may be submitted at the CSA stall on the Carnival Grounds (Leisure Valley).
Pics online: https://www.facebook.com/
CSA at the Carnival - Day 2
"Hamein tumse pyar kitna, yeh hum nahi jaantey, magar jee nahi saktey tumharey bina." This was a quotation given to the public and they were asked to write a parody. A number of enthusiastic visitors to the Carnival participated but the response that tickled the jury the most came from Rohit Gautam of Panjab University who wrote: "Hamein hai bukhaar kitna, tum kyon nahi naaptey? / Kha rahey ho ice-cream tum hamarey bina."
On the second day of the Chandigarh Carnival being held at the leisure Valley, sector 10, there was a continuos stream of visitors at the CSA stall.
Fun games, contests and quizzes were conducted. The response of the public was tremendous. Anil Raina, who conducted the quiz, had a bagful of questions with him. These were based on world literatures, from English, Indian, European and other cultures. Attractive prizes in the form of stationery, files, and diaries were given to the winners. The participants included senior citizens, housewifes, students and very young school-goers too.
Some more stories and poems came in for possible publication for a proposed anthology.
Tomorrow, on 25th Nov, the CSA will continue it literary activites at the carnival. Identify the Writer" whose picture was displayed on the notice-board was a popular contest and will continue tomorrow. Other contests will be added: Slogan writing, Caption, etc.
Photos are being posted on CSA Facebook. They speak for themselves.
Photos are being posted on CSA Facebook. They speak for themselves.
CSA at the Carnival -- Day 3
Here's a riddle:
"This is the story of a father and a son after a devastating war. They find the queen and the princess alive in the chaos, and decide to take them home. In due time, the son marries the queen and the father marries the princess. Eventually, the son and the queen have a son, and the father and the princess have a daughter.
NOW
Either tell us what the relation between the two newborn children is.
Or
Tell us which character from a famous collection of stories is asked this question?"
This was one of the questions asked by Anil Raina, the Quiz-Wizard at the Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi Stall at the Carnival today. On the third day of the carnival there was a steady stream of interested participants eager to test their literary skills at the contests organized by the CSA. Thronging the stall were young and old from all walks of lie: engineers, bankers, lawyers, stock-brokers, students and lay readers. The questions focused on well-known classics as well as popular folk tales. For young children there were specially designed easy-to-answer questions.
Parody and couplet writing proved popular, as did the identification of pictures of well-known writers. Several writers, established as well as wannabes, submitted their stories for possible publication in a forthcoming CSA anthology.
Manju Jaidka, Chairperson of the CSA, long with Anil Raina and Madhav Kaushik, Vice-Chairman and Secretary, respectively of CSA, and several young volunteers. remained busy throughout the day, interacting with the literature-lovers of the city.
Photographs of the day have been uploaded on the CSA Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/
