To provide platform to the young budding writers, Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages organized Multi-lingual Kahani Goshthi at Govt. College for Women, Gandhi Nagar, today.Prof. Lalit Magotra, a prominent short-story writer and Convener (Dogri), Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi presided, Prof. Rita Jitendra, Former Secretary, JKAACL, Senior writer, artist and social activist was the Chief Guest while Prof. Kiran Bakshi, Principal, Govt. College for Women, Gandhi Nagar, Jammu was the Guest of honor. Dr. Arvinder Singh Aman, Additional Secretary, Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages was also present on the occasion.
While delivering his presidential address, Prof. Lalit Magotra complimented all the participating young writers of the College and said that the short-stories presented in the Kahani Goshthi clearly indicate that the youth of the present time is capable of thinking intellectually. He also said that short-stories presented during the Kahani Goshthi reflected the same feelings and successfully projected the current social issues. He further said that these budding writers have the potential of rich language and techniques of creative writing. He also appreciated the efforts of Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages for organizing such programme.Prof. Rita Jitendra, in her address, complimented the budding short-story writers and said that it is a matter of pleasure and pride that the young women writers came up with their creative writings in such a way that they have the capacity to lead the society. She also appreciated Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages for organizing series of programmes focusing the youth of our society in every field of literature, culture, visual and performing arts.
Prof. Kiran Bakshi thanked J&K Cultural Academy for organizing such literary activity particularly for the budding student writers of the college and said that such gestures will be fruitful in creating the second line of the respective area.Earlier, in his welcome address, Dr. Arvinder Singh Aman, said that for the past few years, J&K Cultural Academy as a policy, arranged number of activities for the young budding writers, artists to provide them a platform to explore their talent with a mission to catch them young. He further said that after a successful round of poetic symposiums, mushairas specifically for young poets, now this series of Kahani Goshties for young budding writers encouraged the Academy to organize such more activities in future too.Those who presented their short-stories were Miss Farhana Farooq Urdu(Rishtey), Latika Sharma Hindi(Pahchan), Rekha Bhau Dogri(Meena), Navleen Kaur Punjabi(Siyani Soch) and Radhika Bali English(Beyond the Boundary).