 Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 6: A multilingual Mushaira was organized by Writers Forum, Jammu today at K L Saigal Auditorium Hall, Writers Club, Cultural Academy, Jammu. Well known poets of different languages presented their poetry in the Mushaira.
Jb. Ahmed Shamas, well known poet presided over the programme whereas Dr. Shahnawaz Choudhary was the chief guest and Prof. Raj Kumar was the special guest. S. Pritpal Singh Betab, Retd. IAS & Patron Writers Forum shared the dice.
The programme started with the welcome address of Sudhir Mahajan President, Writers Forum.
A wide range of different genres of poetry in various languages were presented by the senior and upcoming generation of poets in the region.
Jb. Ahmed Shamas and Dr. Shahnawaz Choudhary expressed their views on the poetry presented in the Mushaira. Jb. Shamas appreciated Writers Forum for conduction multilingual literary events after the hard times of Covid- 19 Pandemic.
Sr. Shahnawaz said that S. Pritpal Singh Betab is an iconic writer of Urdu Ghazal and he should start a school to train new generation poets in the field of Ghazal writing.
The poets who presented their poetry included Pyasa Anjum, Suraj Ratan, Fozia Mughal Jia, Sudhir Mahajan, Vishav Deep Sharma, Kirandeep Singh, Tanu Sudan, Dr. Mukteshi Sharma, Ashu Tosh, Abdul Ghani Jagil, M S Kaamra, Harjit Singh Uppal, Jang S. Verman, Anila Singh Carak, Rajpaul Singh Mastana, Mohan Singh Nirala, Raj Kumar Chandan, Randhir Singh Raipuria, Bhupinder Singh Bhargava, Dr. Baljit Raina, Prof. Raj Kumar, Prof. Lalit Magotra, Pritpal Singh Betab and Surinder Neer.
A poetry book ‘Shabdaan De Sur Panchhi’, written by S. Harjit Singh Uppal was also released during the multilingual Mushaira. Dr. Baljir Raina expressed his views on the content of the book and read out few pieces of poetry from the book.
Surinder Neer, a well known novelist and poet conducted the proceedings of the Mushaira.She also extended vote of thanks. |
