Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 23: In connection with the celebration of its Platinum Jubilee Year, Dogri Sanstha Jammu organized a Sammaan-Samaaroh to honour the Sahitya Akademi awardees of Dogri language and the officers who have qualified the KAS examination with Dogri as one subject.
K K Sharma, Advisor to Lt Governor, was chief guest in the function, which was held at Shri Ranbir Model Higher Secondary School. The program, in which 10 Sahitya Akademi Awardees of last six years and two of the KAS officers were felicitated, was attended by a galaxy of Dogri writers and others.
Those felicitated for the main Sahitya Akademi Award for the years 2014-2018, included Shailendra Singh, Dhyan Singh, Chhatrapal, Shiv Mehta and Inderjeet Kesar. On the other hand, Veena Gupta, Yash Pal Nirmal, Chhatrapal, Krishan Sharma, Yash Raina and Narsingh Dev Jamwal were felicitated for the Sahitya Akademi Translation Award for the years 2013-2018.
Siddharth Dubey and Sahil Randhawa were honoured for qualifying KAS examination with Dogri as one subject. A Bhaakh and a Dogri song were also presented by Nirmal Kumar and Rahul Lakhnotra, the young students of the School.
K K Sharma, while speaking on the occasion, appreciated the efforts of Dogri Sanstha Jammu for promoting Dogri literature and language in general. He said that honouring of these achievers will inspire the young students to love their mother tongue and instill interest in literature in their young mind.
Sharma commended the Principal and the staff of the school for encouraging the literary activities in the school and exposing the students to local literature and culture. He said that Dogri language has a lyrical quality in it, which not only makes it pleasant to listen to but also creates an effect like meditational music.
Prof Lalit Magotra, President of Dogri Sanstha, explained that the venue for this particular program was selected to be this School, only with the express purpose of attracting the younger generation to their own literature and language.
Vijay Sharma, Principal of the School, presented vote of thanks. The program was conducted by Prof Shashi Pathania, vice president of Dogri Sanstha and former Head of Dogri Department of Jammu University. She also gave a brief introduction of the awardees, who were honoured on this occasion.
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