Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 20: Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages celebrated Mother Tongue Day here at K. L Sehgal Hall, Abhinav Theatre.
The prominent poets from the various languages including, Dogri, Kashmiri Gojri, Pahari and Punjabi enthralled the audience by reciting their poems with great zeal and enthusiasm which depicted various shades and colours of contemporary times.
Dr. Arvinder Singh ‘Amn’ Additional Secretary, JKAACL read the welcome address. He said that Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages celebrates ‘Mother Tongue Day’ every year to spread awareness about the importance of Linguistic and Cultural diversity and multilingualism.
Prem Nath Shaad presided over the composite Mushaira while Inderjeet Kesar , Ajeet Singh Mastana were the guests of honour and also shared the presidium.
The noted poets of the, Dogri , Kashmiri , Gojri, Pahari and Punjabi who recited their poems were, Mohan Singh , Kewal Kumar Kewal, Bishan Singh Dardi, Inderjeet Kaiser, Usha Kiran Kiran in Dogri, A.K. Naaz, Prem Nath Shaad, Ashok Gohar, Moti Lal Masroof, Santosh Shah Nadaan in Kashmiri, Sheikh Zahoor-ud-Din, Tanveer Iqbal Malik, Aarif Iqbal Malik, Swami Anter Nirav, Anwar Hussain Shah in Gojri , Jalal-ud-Din Fani, Khadim Hussain Khaki, Gh. Sarwar Chouhan, Ayaz Saif and Jan Mohammad Hakeem in Pahari.
Ajeet Singh Mastana , Joginder Singh Shan, Bachan Bharti and Bhupinder Bargav in Punjabi.
The artists who mesmerized the audience by reciting folk and light songs in various languages including Muzamil Shah, Yousuf Armaan, Pallavi Koul, Rajesh Khar, Naveen Punjabi. Nirbhay Salathia, Vishakha Bhardwaj while Rakesh Anand, Rajeev Salotra, Joginder Pal, Sanjay Kumar, Parmjeet accompanied the artists.
Vijay Atri noted artist of the UT conducted the proceedings of Musical programme.
Dr. Sudhir Mahajan, Sr. Drama instructor JKAACL was the overall incharge of the programme.
Dr. Shahnawaz Choudhary , Editor -Cum -Culture office , JKAACL conducted the proceedings of the composite Mushaira while Assudulla Wani, Cultural Officer, Doda was the incharge of the programme .
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