With authors, poets, economists, Bihar is all set to hold its first-ever literary festival – The Indian Express
Bihar is all set to carry its first-ever literary competition ‘Ahad Anhad — A competition of phrases and performances’ at Bihar Museum from Friday. The three-day competition will see participation from over two dozen authors, poets, economists and artistes, together with Jatin Das, Raghu Rai, Lord Meghnad Desai, Alok Dhanwa, Arun Kamal, Usha Kiran Khan, Tripurari Sharan, Alakh N Sharma and Ajit Pradhan.
The competition would focus on migration, economics of growth and social cohesion apart from numerous shades of literature. Writer of ‘Concept of Revolution, A biography of Jayaprakash Narayan’ and competition director Sujata Prasad mentioned: “Ahad Anhad is greater than a literature competition. It’s a quest to talk up for the inventive creativeness in an more and more cynical world and to query the binaries between the cosmopolitan and the provincial. We’re bringing collectively a bevy of English and Hindi writers. On the core of Ahad Anhad is the thought to champion freedom of expression and to current inclusive but numerous concepts in phrases in addition to performances.”
Prasad added that the brand of the occasion integrated Islamic calligraphy, signifying the intent of Ahad Anhad. “The circle displays divine presence and the pen corresponds to the purpose of arrival, reflecting the essence of the mind,” she mentioned.
The session would open with a speech of famend photographer Raghu Rai apart from introductory addresses by heart specialist Ajit Pradhan, economist Alakh N Sharma and creator Sujata Prasad. Ace painter Jatin Das’s works would outline the theme of the occasion. Some main artists would additionally have a good time works of Amir Khusrau, Mir Taqi Mir, Mirza Ghalib and Faiz Ahmed Faiz.
The second day of the literary competition would start with a dialogue on literary considering by writers Rishikesh Sulabh, Vandana Raag, Milee Aishwarya, Prakash Uday, Rakesh Manjul and Ravindra Bharti and Vinod Anupam. Main journalist Urmilesh will focus on a wider context of Ashutosh Bhardwaj’s ebook ‘Mrityu Katha’ on transferring tales on Left Wing Extremism in Chhattisgarh.
Famous Hindi author Praveen Kumar will focus on his ebook, Amar Deswa, which offers with the influence of Covid on society, with author Geeta Shree. Columnist Atul Okay Thakur will focus on “unspooling tales from Bihar” with poet-diplomat Abhay Okay, Outlook editor Chinki Sinha and The Indian Categorical’ senior assistant editor and creator Santosh Singh.
Singh’s ebook, ‘Kitna Raj Kitna Kaj — Lalu-Nitish Ka Bihar’ would even be launched by Vani Prakashan’s government director Aditi Maheshwari Goyal.
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Litterateur Shquipe Malushi would recite and focus on warfare poems with author Savita Jha. In the meantime, famend Maithili author Usha Kiran Khan will focus on her life story. In one other session, filmmaker Saeed Mirza could be in dialog with bureaucrat Tripurari Sharan and educationist Shah Alam Khan on ‘psychology of inventive depiction’.
Amrita Datta would focus on migration with the creator of ‘Neighborhood Warriors’ on migration. People tales from Bollywood would even be mentioned. Main economist Lord Meghnad Desai will focus on ‘how economics deserted the poor’ with economist Alakh N Sharma and author Tripurdaman Singh.
In the meantime, BJP chief Feroze Varun Gandhi would converse on “rural manifesto and concrete areas”.
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