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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2018 (PAGE3) STATE CULTURAL ROUND-UP 2018 were held in all districts of Jammu Province, and important local melas at Moun- gri, Sujan Dhar, Sankari, Bani. It organized the Children's Summer Workshop and the Annual Drama Festival. DOGRI SANSTHA: With Prof Lalit Magotra returning as its President, Sanstha's main activities were 'Vishaish' Malati' with Balwant Thakur, Duggar Folk Mela at Kathua, seminar on 21st century Dogri Prose, reading of Aruna Sharma's trans- lation of Dahramvir Bharti's Kanupriya, musical evenings, poetic symposia, and book release functions of 14 books including P.L. Parihar's 'Geet Pataru', Col Raj Munawari's gazal collection 'Haanb', Santosh Sangra's essays 'Vichar Aushad', Jagdip Dubey's short stories 'Sanction' & two anthology of plays 'Ga- Inderjit Kesar Mushtaq Ahmad Mushtaq Triloke Koul D K Vaid loor' & Dangar, Inderjeet Kesar's novel 'Muns', Subhash Chander Baru's (Tantray) 'Rig Veda, Geeta te Parmeshwar', Rajshewar Singh Raju's 'Sikkh Mat' and Chanchal Narendra Bhasin's Naani Sunao Kahani, Vijay Saraf Meenagi's poems 'Ehsaas Se Parae', & Chaman Arora's stories Ik Haur Ashwatthama. DUGGAR MANCH: Organized the release of poetic anthologies of C.S. Katal's Hirkhi Chete, Kala Ram Salgotra's Hirkhe Di Chhaan, Yogita Yadav's Hin- di essays 'Asthaayi Arth Vyavashtha Mandiron Ke Shehar Mein'. It celebrated Madhukar Day, held a program on Dogri Sahitya and Vaishavikaran Da Prab- hav'. It staged Mohan Singh's Panch Parmeshwar. SAHITYA AKADEMI: With D K Vaid (Darshan Darshi ) as the new Convener Liaqat Jafari Ved Rahi Chhatrapal Arvind Kotwal of Sahitya Akademi Executive Board for Dogri, its activities included 'Yuva Sahi- ti', Katha Sindhi with Shukant Deepmala, 'People & Books' where I.D.Soni, an educationist, shared his life-long love for books, Seminar on 'Dogri Sahitya Ch Prayavaran Chetna', 'Aasmita'a program, Symposium on 'Dogri Shand Mukat Kavita Di Sthithi the Sabakirti, Katha Sandhi with Sudesh Raj, Literary Forum' at Higher Sec. School, Bhaddu, Under Gramalok' meets with local poets were held at village Bhaddu and village Kaloha, Distt. Samba. Other programs were Through My Window, a talk by Bishan Singh Dardi on famous Dogri geetkar Yash Sharma and Kavi Sandhi with Om Parkash Vidyarthi. KUNWAR VIYOGI TRUST: Organized Kunwar Viyogi Utsav, during which a sem- Puran Chand Bargotra Anil Tikku AMIT DUTTA Om Vidyarathi inar titled 'Cheten Di Ladi', was held & Kunwar Viyogi's Sonnet book River Sage was released. In other programs, the number of young artistes performed and staged plays. Nami Dogri Sanstha: Another NGO with regular activity calendar organized poetic symposia, book release functions, felicitation events, musical evenings etc. Mohan Singh, with his YouTube series Irshad on Dogri poets, has tapped into the social media to popularize Dogri literature. Om Goswami, the inces- sant writer/scholar penned down Dogri books 'Jindagi Kinni Kkhoobsoorat Ai', 'Dogra Sanskriti Ch Anushthan Prampara', 'Maa', translation of Gorky's novel Mother, and in Hindi 'Nagraj Vasuki' and 'Harae Gi Nahin Rubika'-Novel. Suni- Dr. Bharat Bhushan Ifra Kak Dr. Nirmal Vinod Shazia Batool ta Bhadawal edited Dogri Research journal 'Dogri Anusandhan' released its special issue on Om Goswami's life and works. Veena Gupta contributed with Dogri translation of Tagore's novel Gora under Sahitya Akademi's publication program. Shiv Nirmohi, whose four new books in Dogri await release, was hon- Lalit Gupta ored at JNU by Uttar Pradesh Hindi Sansthan, Inderjeet Kesar penned down a The unrest in the Kashmir Valley has caused a considerable decline among new book of Dogri short stories Dosh, Yashpaul Nirmal's new books were Dogri other things, of the practice, performance/exhibition of art and culture expres- Lok Kattham Te Manvikaran and Sahitya Manthan in Hindi. sions in public spaces. While the Jammu region, especially the winter capital HINDI: Hindi Bhasha Prachar Samiti with Dr. Bharat Bhushan as president, boasted of a busy calendar with its usual pre and post-Darbar move flurry of 'cul- released new books such as late Prof Ganga Dutt Vinod's Spiritual Light, Prof tural functions' by different agencies of the state led by J&K cultural Academy Pritam Chand Shashtri's 'Shringar Lahari', and Shashi Padha's Nirbheek Yod- Pandit Vidya Rattan Aasi Ajiz Hajani Umesh Singh Kanchi Khajuria and the state-funded NGOs working ostensibly for promotions and development haaon ki Kahaniaan. It also organized first Prof Satya Srivatsya Memorial of art and culture. Lecture with eminent Sanskrit/Dogri scholar Ved Ghai as the speaker. hogged limelight were Nikhil Chopra, Veer ji Munshi, Rajinder Tikku, Nonetheless, it was either Sarkari or the popular versions of culture churned PUNJABI: Apart from J&K Academy's journal Sheerja in Punjabi, the Punjabi Suman Gupta. Others who remained active include Ravinder Singh Jamwal, of by institutions and a few NGOs, many of which try to ape the practices fol- literature was enriched by 'Mere Shabad Shakti Ne', a collection of Ghazals by Harsh Vardhan, Bishamber Mehta, Vikas Dogra, Chander Prakash, Sonu Agarw- lowed in leading metros of the nation. In such a scenario of hackneyed and trite Dr. Baljeet Singh Raina, 'Mere Manchit Natak', a book of plays by Bikram- al, Sukhjit Singh Kukkal, Jasleen Singh, Amit Salathia, Rohit Verma, Milan Shar- cultural expressions, the credit for innovative expressions once again rested with jeet,'Hoye Apne Kinj Praye', poetry collection by Bhupinder Singh Bhargav ma, K.K. Gandhi, and Jang Varman. a few select creative individuals who fired by the calling of the heart, imagina- and Surinder Singh Neer's novel Bharam Bhulein-all released by Punjabi Other notable events were Sand Sculpture at Tawi banks by Suresh Sharma & tive and creative power, dedication and hard work, succeeded in making a mark. Lekhak Sabha. This leading NGO also felicitated Jang S. Verman, S S Sooda, others and dedicated to late sculptor Gobind Kaur, National level Print Making Before mentioning the achievers of this year let us remember those who bid & R S Wazir. It released the book 'Quest of Life' (English) co-authored by Dr. Workshop at IMFA Campus, Poonch House, IMFA's art exhibition & music pro- goodbye to this mortal world. These include Rita Jatinder, an accomplished Bhavneet Kaur and Sumit Sharma. gram at JU, All India Art Exhibition by 'Unknown 4' group, Amarjeet Singh (Pho- Radio, stage actor, Hindi writer poet, and Sham sunder Anand Lehar, the Edited by young scholar Randhir Kaur, the Punjabi book 'Changair' came tography), Malti Sharma (Painting) got Junior fellowship by Ministry of Culture prominent Urdu writer who was also a senior lawyer. Prof. Hamidi Kashmiri, out as a maiden collection of selected poems of 25 contemporary Pahari poets for 2017- 18. noted Urdu/Kashmiri writer and former vice chancellor of J&K University also from Poonch/Rajouri. Baljit Singh Raina's new works of translation in Punjabi Cartoonist Manoj Chopra & Chander Shekhar Bunti won honors in passed away. were Alpana Mishra's Hindi novel Anhiyare Talchhat Me Chamka. national cartoon exhibition cum competitions. The NGOs Viraj Kala Kendra, Kesar AWARDS AND HONOURS: This years Sahitya Akademi Awards were conferred Khalid Hussian's Punjabi short story collection in Shah Mukhi script, 'Ishq Art circle and, JK Creative Centre for Arts contributed by holding art exhibitions, upon Inderjit Kesar, a prolific Dogri writer for his Dogri novel Bhagirath while Malangi' was released in Lahore by Punjab Institute of Language Art and Cul- art camps etc. Mushtaq Ahmad Mushtaq (Tantray) for the his book Aakh (A Scar) in Kash- ture. THEATRE: J&K Cultural Academy has certainly given a spurt to theatre art by miri. Anil Tikku, a senior actor associated with Natrang Theatre Group, was PAHARI: JKAACL's Pahari section, published a special issue of Sheeraja encouraging amateur theatre enthusiasts. Nonetheless, the NGO groups in Jam- given National Bismillah Khan Yuva Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in the field Pahari on Mammad-o-Manajat, Laalan De Banjare on Mian Mohammad Baksh, mu led by dedicated theatrists have been significantly contributing towards the- of Acting. Pitamber Nath Sharma was honored with Prof Ram Nath Shastri novel number of Asta Adab, Pahari translation of well-known works of other lan- atre movement. Smriti Puruskar year for his Dogri novel 'Bhagaali'. Ved Rahi, eminent writer guages like Sri Kant, Dev Dass, The Old Man & The Sea and King Lear. Pahari NATRANG: held more than 100 shows in the year and set a record by organiz- & a poet was conferred Dinu Bhai Pant Life Time Achievement Award, for his poets Swami Anterneerav, Liaqat Jaffari, Gursharan Gulshan, Saleem ing 8 theatre festivals in which 32 different plays by the same group were staged. overall outstanding contribution towards Dogri literature. His novel Lal Ded was Tabish, Surinder Neer, Balwinder Deep participated in seminar/ mushaira Its regular mega events/shows at different melas were 'Bava Jitto' & Mata ki Kahani. translated from Dogri into english by Suman K Sharma. The novel was publsi- on Punjabi/ Pothowari writing of Jammu Kashmir, organized by Punjab art coun- It also screened first ever film on Maharaja Gulab Singh. Its participations in nation- hed by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. Dr. Nirmal Vinod, renowned Dogri, Hindi cil and Punjabi University Patiala. The literary piece on Pahari language by Dr. al theatre festivals were 'In Her Shoes', 'Ghumayee', 'Romeo Juliet', 'Aap Hamare poet/ writer was honored with Sauhard Samman by Uttar Pradesh Hindi Atamjit, the well-known Punjabi playwright, anchored on his Poonch tour as a Hain Kaun', Natrang actor Shazia Batool has been selected by National School Sansthan, Lucknow. Dr. Bharat Bhushan Sharma received Babu Ganga Sha- playwright, was published in India today annual issue, the Sahitya Varshiki. of Drama to undergo Post-graduation in Dramatics. ran Singh Hindi award from Kendriya Hindi Sansthan Agra U.P.