Excelsior Correspondent
Jammu, Apr 24: N.N. Vohra, Governor, released a book titled “Tanhayian” at Raj Bhavan, today. This volume of Urdu poetry has been penned by Dr. Jitendra Udhampuri.
“Tanhaiyan” is a collection of 71 poems and ghazals on varied themes, which are based on the author’s experiences relating to nature, cultural life of Jammu and Kashmir, problems of a comman man, glory of motherland, universal love, brotherhood and so on.
The Governor congratulated Dr. Udhampuri, Padamshri awardee and a versatile author and linguist, for writing a meaningful book of verse. He discussed with Dr. Udhampuri about his other ongoing literary projects and wished him success in all his future writings.
The Governor, on the occasion, urged Khalid Bashir Ahmad, Secretary, J&K Cultural Academy, to hold book reading sessions and discussions to promote the book reading culture among the youth. He suggested to him the usefulness of the classics of Waris Shah and Bulleh Shah being translated into Urdu and Kashmiri languages.
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