Multilingual Mushaira organized by JKAACL on the eve of Independence Day
On the Eve of Independence day J&K Academy of Art, Culture and Languages organised a Multilingual
Mushiara in collaboration with Indira Gandhi Centre for Arts, Jammu at K.L. Saigal Hall, Jammu. The
programme was organized to celebrate the Independence Day by recalling the war heroes and paying a poetic
tribute to them.
Divisional Commissioner, Jammu Sh. Ramesh Kumar was the Chief Guest on the Occasion. He was
accompanied on presidium by renowned writers like S. Pritpal Singh, Prof Lalit Mangotra, Sh. Bharat Singh,
Secretary JKAACL and Ms. Shruti Awasthi, regional Director, IGNCA. Sh. Ramesh Ji in his address thanked
JKAACL and IGNCA, Jammu to organize such program in which we get a chance to recall the sacrifice of
freedom fighters and how we can protect our honour, pride and prestige, for which we Indians have to be
united as India is a Country of diversity with different religions, casts languages and Culture.
He further added that administration will certainly collaborate with JKAACL and IGNCA in organizing such functions on bigger platform in which young budding writers and poets will be given chance with the renowned writers. This will help in developing writing skills in the young generation who had lost this skill of writing due to electronic age.
In the beginning Secretary JKAACL, Sh. Bharat Singh welcomed the Guests by presenting flower bouquet to
the dignitaries. He also presented shawl and bouquet to the Chief Guest. In his welcome address he said that
main thought behind organizing this program was to show that what is the importance of this Day in our lives.
In ancient days our Country was known as Golden sparrow and what happened to this country, the people
here had to suffer cruelty or unjust acts of exploitation, oppression, and wrongdoing of slavery . And after a
lot of struggle for Independence our country got Independence on 15th August, 1947.
Ms. Shruti Awasthi, Director , IGNCA, Jammu thanked the Chief Guest for encouraging Culture oriented
activities. She said that IGNCA has just started its activities in Jammu and this will not remain upto organizing
the cultural programmes but also in the field of research and development of art and culture of J&K.
After welcome speech Multilingual mushaira began in which renowned writer/ poets along with young writers
presented their poetry in Hindi Dogri, Punjabi, Urdu and Gojri. The writers included Prof. Lalit Magtora
(Awardee), Pritpal Singh Betab (Awardee), Prof. Raj Kumar (Awardee), Dr. Ashok Kumar (Awardee), Sh.
Sanjeev Bhasin(Awardee), Sheikh Mohd Kalyan, Bindiya Tickoo, Surinder Kour Neer , Smt.Vijaya Thakur,
Randhir Singh Raipuria, Dr. Sandeep Sufi (Awardee), Sushil Bagana, , Dr. Liaqat Jafri, Sheikh Altaf, Vishwadeep,
Ahmad Shehnaz, Ifran Arif, Geetika Kohli, Raj Kumar Chandan, Dr. Shahnaz Qadri and Naseem Akhtar.
This was followed by musical evening by the renowned artist of J&K Ms. Deepali Watal, who with her
melodious voice mesmerized the audience. She was equally supported by Rakesh Jasotra on Flute, Vijay
Anand on Dholak, Chandan on synthesizer.
The proceedings of the programme were ably conducted by Ms. Reeta Khadyal, assistant Editor, JKAACL.
