A 2-day international literary dialogue and Alami Mushaira (international poetic meet) will be held on famous poet Mirza Ghalib's birth anniversary at Ravindra Bhavan on December 28-29 here. Poets and writers from America, Germany, Saudi Arabia and Nepal will participate in it.
Principal Secretary Culture Manoj Shrivastava will be the chief guest at the inaugural session at 11 am on December 28 while former MP Kailash Sarang would preside over the function. The same day in the first session, Naresh from Chandigarh will read out paper on 'Spiritualism in Ghalib's poetry', Muzaffar Hanfi from Delhi on 'Elements of Satire in Ghalib's poetry', Noman Khan from Bhopal on 'Ghalib and New Generation', Mukhtar Shamim also from Bhopal on 'Various Dimensions of Ghalib's Poetry' and Aziz Irfan from Indore on 'Yusuf Baqeemate Awwal Kharida Hoon'. Azra Naqvi from Aligarh will conduct proceedings.
In the second session in the afternoon, Ali Ahmad Fatmi from Allahabad will deliver lectures on 'Ghalib's Progressive Choice, Thoughts and Insight', Khalid Mahmood from Delhi on 'Finery of Thought in Ghalib's Poetry', Janki Prasad Sharma from Delhi on 'Ghalib in Hindi', Saifi Sironji on 'Ghalib's Creative Hues' and Prof. Haider Abbas Rizvi from Bhopal on 'Qate Burhan'.
In the evening of second day December 29, Farhat Shehzad from America, Saqib Harooni from Nepal, Shri Hanif Tarin from Saudi Arabia and Dr. Arif Naqvi from Germany and 16 national level poets will take part in Mushaira.