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| Sindhis, Kashmiri Pandits to work together in literally, cultural fields | | | Early Times Report
jammu, Mar 14: The two displaced communities Sindhis who migrated from Pakistan during the partition in 1947 and the Kahsmiiri Pandits who were hounded out from the Valley in 1989-90 have decided to work together in literary and cultural fields to highlight their plight and pain of migration.
This announcement was made during the concluding ceremony of the two days National seminar on Displacement Literature of Kashmiri and Sindhi languages here today.
The seminar concluded with felicitation of scholars of Sindhi language and the members of National Council for Promotion of Sindhi Language by the members of Kashmir Cultural Trust at Jammu.
They were presented a cup of bronze the cultural symbol of Kashmiri Pandits. While expressing his gratitude Dr. Ravi Tekchandani the Director of Council said that he would happily display it in his drawing room which would refresh the memories of the hospitality he received in Jammu. He said that he would be happy to organise similar programmes in J&K in future and gave a detailed account of schemes of the council the scholars of J&K could benefit from. He further said that Kashmiri scholars should fight for having a Kashmiri Council on the pattern of Sindhi Council which could go a long way in promotion of Kashmiri language and literature.
Aruna Jethwani the vice chairperson of the Council declared that Council could finance a research project in the Jammu University or at any other Institution on the displacement literature of both languages in case some scholar is ready to take up this work.
Earlier during the day in the open discussion session about 20 scholars from both languages presented their point of view on various aspects of subject and gave some valuable suggestions about preservation and promotion of cultural heritage of two communities and suggested many collaborative steps. Those who participated included Prof R.L.Shant, Dr.M.K.Koul, .M.L.Kemmu, Dr.Agnishekhar, Arvind Shah, Prof Omkar Koul, B.N. Betab, P.N.Shad, Prof Hiro Thakur Dr.Ajwani,Dr. Govind Sharma,Prof Talashi, Prof Majroh Rashid, etc .
The young minds like Ms. Promila Kaul Pandita, .Rahul Kilam and . Aryan Ramesh gave a youth perspective on the subject and suggested measures which could draw youth towards preservation of our heritage.
Dr. Roop Krishen Bhat the Managing Trustee for Kashmir Cultural Trust and the coordinator of this programme said that the Kashmiri literature written by the displaced writers for last 20 years is of very high quality and international standard but there is an attempt by the vested elements to undermine it, he said that our scholars should remain vigilant about this and work hard to spread our literature globally through translations and other means of modern technology .He thanked the officials of Sindhi Council for collaborating with KCT for this programme .He also thanked all the delegates who came from different parts of country to attend this programme and to his support team especially . Aryan Ramesh, Rajindar Raina, Rinku Koul and Priya Pandita for providing logistic support. |
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