Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 31: The 2-day conference on Punjabi language: Challenges and Opportunities with specific reference to Jammu and Kashmir concluded here this evening with participants hailing Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, culture and Languages for organising a fruitful and thought-stimulating literary event after many years.
On the second day today, two papers by Ratan Kanwal and Swami Antar Neerav and four short stories by Khalid Hussain, Harbans Singh Saghar, Kamaljeet Singh and Balbir Parvana were presented and extensively debated. At the end a Kavi Darbar was held in which Punjabi poets of repute especially from Jammu and Kashmir recited their verses to the delight of the audience in the jampacked K L Saigal Hall.
Winding up two-day conference, Secretary Academy Khalid Bashir Ahmad, said that promotion of different languages was the mandated activity of the Academy and the institution is committed to effectively discharge this responsibility. He said such literary events help in identifying challenges and making out right conclusions.
He said like the earlier two conferences Punjabi Conference was very successful as could be ascertained from the observations of the participant writers and intellectuals both from within and outside the State. He said that he personally felt very encouraged by the feedback on the conference.
He announced that the Academy would soon bring out a special issue of Sheeraza Punjabi based on the proceedings of the conference.
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