Curtain raiser to World Poetry Day held
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, March 20 2024:
The Writers' Platform, Manipur and Joideep Memorial Foundation will be observing World Poetry Day on Thursday as the curtain raiser for the same was held at Sana Sangai (Plot No 10), Palace compound on Wednesday.
The get-together cum curtain raiser of World Poetry Day to be observed with the main objective of documenting poems and essays on sufferings of the people in the ethnic strife since May 3, 2023 for future reference was attended by Rani Khidir (Thangmeiband Rani), Writers' Platform president Yumnam Kumar, national awardee and LEIKOL president Ksh Subadani and Dr Saratchandra Longjamba of DMU as presidium members.
Social worker Am-rik Singh Pahwa also attended the event during which floral tributes were offered to portraits of those killed in the ethnic violence and late Gurumayum Joideep as well as observance of two-minute silence in their remembrance.
In the evening session, a poets' meet was held with Dr Saratchandra Longjamba in the chair.