Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 24: The Jammu & Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture, and Languages (JKAACL) is organizing a 4-day Dogri Literary and Cultural Festival from today at JKAACL premises in Jammu.
The festival was inaugurated by Dr Syed Abid Rasheed Shah, , Secretary, Deptt of Culture, J&K Government, in the presence of Dr Jitender Udhampuri, Prof Lalit Magotra (President Dogri Sanstha, Jammu), Prof Veena Gupta, Bharat Singh ( Secretary, JKAACL) and others.
At the outset, Secretary JKAACL said that poets are the face of society and they represent the inner thoughts of the social fabric through their ink.
Prof Veena Gupta presented keynote address on the challenges in Dogri Language and their solutions. She was followed by Prof Lalit Mangotra who stressed upon translation of the Dogri Literature in other Languages and vice versa.
Dr Abid, in his speech, gave stress on involving students and young generation towards the literary activities. Talking to the eminent writers and poets on the occasion, he said that being the pillars of the Dogri Literature, we have a responsibility to pass on this treasure to our younger generations. He also invited suggestions regarding how we can provide the rich literary collections of the JKAACL to the students.
Padamshree Jitender Udhampuri gave his precedential address and appreciated the efforts of JKAACL in promoting Dogri literature and culture along with other languages.
Dr Arvinder Singh Amn , Additional Secretary, JKAACL presented vote of thanks. The inaugural session was conducted by Dr Ratan Basotra, Editor Dogri, JKAACL.
After the inaugural session, paper reading session was organised in which Dhian Singh presented paper on “Ikkmi Sadi De Dogri Bal Sahitya De Parmukh Rujhaan”; Dr Om Goswami presented paper on “Contibution of JKAACL towards Dogri Language and Literature”; Rajinder Kumar Ranjha presented his paper on the topic ” Ikkimi Sadi Di Dogri Kavita De Kish Rujhaan”, and Surinder Sagar presented his paper on “Dogri Patarkarita Ik Jaiza”.
In the Poetry Session, the poets who presented their work, included Parkash Premi, Abhishap, Vijay Sharma, Tara Chand, T R Magotra Sagar, N D Jamwal, Jitender udhampuri, Surjeet Hosh, Babu Bhatti, Mohinder Panchervi, Dharam Pal Sharma, O P Bhajwalia, Balak Ram Bral, Amarjeet Sharma, Mohan Singh, Promila Manhas, Sunil Sharma, Subhash Farnalia and Vijaya Thakur
During the session, cultural folk Gettru were presented by renowned artist Khajoor Singh and his Party and Ram Ditta & Party.
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