Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 9: Dogri Sanstha here today organized a one-day seminar on Dogri prose.
The inaugural session of the seminar was presided over by Dr. Aziz Hajini, Secretary, J&K Academy of Art, Culture and Languages and Darshan ‘Darshi’, Convener Dogri Advisory Board in Sahitya Akademi was the chief guest.
In addition to the inaugural session, two paper reading sessions were also held, which were presided over by Prof. Veena Gupta and Prof. Shashi Pathania, both former Heads of Department of Dogri in Jammu University.
Various forms of Dogri prose like essay, travelogue, memoir, biography etc were covered in the paper reading sessions by Dr. Bansi Lal, Dr. Joginder Singh, Dr. Sandeep Dubey and Dr. Ritu Kumar.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Hajini said that non-fiction prose is a very important component of literature. It actually indicates the level of maturity, literature of a particular language has attained.
Darshan ‘Darshi’ recalled many stalwarts of Dogri language who did pioneering work in this genre like Prof. Ram Nath Shastri, Prof. Laxmi Narayan, Col. Shiv Nath, Vishwanath Khajuria etc.
He said that these eminent writers had laid a solid foundation, which could be further developed.
Earlier, Prof. Lalit Magotra, while welcoming the audience, which comprised prominent writers as well as young scholars, said that so far, the genre of prose writing has occupied a back seat in Dogri literature. For an overall healthy growth of literature, all genres must get the required attention.
The proceedings of the inaugural session were conducted by Dr. Nirmal Vinod, the General Secretary of Dogri Sanstha, Jammu and Gianeshwar Sharma, Vice President of Dogri Sanstha presented the vote of thanks.
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