A Sahitya Sabha and Kavita Pathotsava courtesy the Paradip Sahitya Sansad along with the Paradip Ladies’ Club was held at the Shramik Bhavan here on Wednesday.
Paradip Sahitya Sansad secretary Prashant Rout presided over the eventIn the morning session, former member of Odisha Sahitya Akademi and prominent columnist Akshay Kumar Rout was chief guest.
He said the world of literature is vast and the writers and poets are the strongest part of it. He elaborated how ordinary people become extraordinary and immortal through their literature.
Odisha Sahitya Akademi awardee Pitambar Tarai attended as chief speaker. "The poet is fearless; he is not afraid of anyone; he preaches the message of poetry.
The society does not remember the king but the poet. Not many remember Kapilendra Dev but Sarala Das. Pratap Rudra is not remembered, but everyone remembers Jagannath Das and his Bhagavat," he said. Preeti Aarti Parija was guest of honour. Lopamudra Mohanty, Seemashree Nayak, Pushpanjali Sahu, Gitanjali Sethi, Sushree Narendra, Rashmi Acharya and Preeti Aarti Parija recited their poems on behalf of the Paradeep Ladies’ Club.Poets Pramalta Barik, Nagendra Swain, Arup Kumar Bishwal, Rabindra Kumar Dash, Prabhati Majhi, Babaji Kumar Nayak, Narsingh Charan Barik, Prabhat Kumar Barik, Bhagyashree Pradhan, Gita Das, Urmila Mohanty, Sairaj Pinaki Rout recited self-written poems. Nrusingh Charan Barik, Sanjay Kumar Mishra, Satyajit Raut and Ramakant Jena coordinated the function.