Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 25: ‘Raswanti’- a literary event of poetry and short story recitation, and an informal meeting of the executive committee of Hindi Sahitya Mandal, Jammu (HSM-J) was organized today at Tawi Vihar, Sidhra (Jammu) on the request of versatile personality, literature lover, writer, actor and producer Rama Pandey.
The poets and members of the executive committee of HSM-J were given warm welcome with Aarti, Tilak and flowers, performing traditional customs. Everyone present in this meeting recited creation of Rama Pandey.
The well known poets of Jammu and Kashmir who recited their poetry in the meeting included Dr Nirmal Vinod, Shamindra Sharma, Sanjeev Bhasin, Pawan Khajuria, Rakesh Abrol, M S Kaamra, Shyam Juneja, Sudhir Mahajan, Uma Sharma, Manto Dutta Sharma, Dr Chanchal Dogra and Vijaya Thakur, and Rama Pandey herself. Prof Kiran Bakshi recited her short story. It was a very nice combination of poetry and short story recitation with River Tawi’s charm. It may be mentioned here that Rama Pandey was in Jammu recently.
She has played the role of lead actress in many popular plays. She has written, produced, and directed all her shows, documentaries, tele- films, and serials. Apart from Doordarshan and Aakashwani, she has been associated and worked with BBC Hindi, Voice of America, CBC Canada, and Radio Netherland TV Centre Holland. For her contribution to the field of theatre and TV, she has been honoured with many national and international awards.