Dr Ch Narendra presented Columnist Award
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, May 02 2024:
As part of the 118th birth anniversary of Kabi Ashangbam Minaketan, Naharol Sahitya Premi Samiti, Imphal presented the Ashangbam Minaketan Columnist Award 2024 to TPC's sister publication Poknapham's columnist Dr Chongtham Narendra at Manipur Press Club on Thursday.
The award donated by Ashangbam Yasho-banta and his brothers include Rs 15,000, citation and stole.
During the programme, two books authored by Ashangbam Minaketan, 'Ngangoi Pareng' and 'Gitanjali'-were also released.
Speaking as the chief guest, Chorus Repertory Theatre chairman Ratan Thiyam hailed Minaketan as a writer who inspired him and remembered him as one of the greatest thought-provoking poets of Manipur.
Posing whether the state is only the land of martyrs of war, Ratan Thiyam noted that indulging only in war will not help develop the state.
There is need for establishing of a memorial for poets who have made significant contributions to Manipuri society, so that future generations will know about them and their works, he stressed.
The event was presided by Naharol Sahitya Premi Samiti.president Naoroibam Indrama -ni with Manipur Sahitya Parishad, Imphal president Longjam Joychandra sharing his views on the A Minaketan's poetry anthology 'Asheiba gi Nitaipod' .