JKAACL's festival of lights concludes with �Mushaira�

Excelsior Correspondent[caption id="attachment_331004" align="alignleft" width="300"] A poetess reciting her poem during Mushaira on eve of Diwali in Jammu on Tuesday.[/caption]JAMMU, Nov 10:� A two- day festival of lights which was organized by the Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages here today culminated with an impressive� multilingual `Mushaira'.Poets of seven languages drawn from different corners presented their poetry. Pritpal Singh Betab,� a prominent Urdu writer presided and Dr� Agnishekar- a prominent Hindi writer was the chief guest.� The secretary, JKAACL,�� Dr Aziz Hajini� and� Dr Arvinder Singh Amn, Additional Secretary were also present.Speaking on the occasion Mr Betab said that today's `Mushaira'� based on different local languages including Gojri and Pahari, was of� high merit. He congratulated all the poets who recited their poetry on the occasion and also wished a happy Diwali to all� the artists and writers present there.Dr Agnishekhar,� appreciated the initiative of the Academy in holding such literary and cultural programmes on the special occasions and festivals.� He said such occasions provide an opportunity to the writers and poets to sit together and have interaction with one another. He also wished a happy Diwali to all the participants.Dr Aziz Hajni, Academy Secretary, assured the writers and artists� that the funds� will not be a constraint in the way of promotion of art, culture and languages and appealed them to join with the Academy so that programmes with new innovations and��� seriousness� could be organized.Those who recited their poems� included Gianeshwar Sharma, Ram Sanyasi,� Brij Mohan,� Promita Jamwal,� Sunil Sharma,� Bishan Dardi, Neeru Sharma,� Liaqat Jafari,�� Rahat Hassain,� S Prit Pal Singh Betab,� Amin Banihali,� Sham Talib,� Bachan Bharti,� Bhupinder Singh Bhargav,�� Baljit Singh Raina,� KK Shakir, Swami Antar Neeruv,�� Balwinder Singh, Amar Singh Kuka, Santosh Nadaan,� AK Naz,� Khalida Parveen,� Noor Mohd Majrooh, Sheikh Zahoor,� Tanveer Iqbal Malik,� Agnishekhar, Esha Balgotra, Shyam Bihari Juneja,� Sudhir Mahajan, Kamaljeet Choudhary,� Krishan Sharma and� Dr Nirmal Vinod.The proceedings of the programme were conducted by Reeta Kadyal, Assistant Editor Dogri whereas, the vote of thanks was presented by Dr Arvinder Singh Amn.