A monthly poetry seminar was organised under the auspices of Open Books Online Family Bhopal at Dushyant Kumar Museum on Sunday.
The creators, under the chairmanship of Zaheer Qureshi, heard more than one composition on various aspects. Arpana Sharma enchanted the people by reciting "vetnao se behtara jab bhavnairn hain kasmasati ashru dhar sang sang hai beh jati."
Mithilesh Vamankar cheered a lot by reciting his song "Jab nagar hi kar raha vyarth ka vistar, toh jungle kya karega. " Manish Srivastava "Badal" performed ghazals and couplets.
He performed Khud hi se dosti karli khud hi se dushmani kar li jidhar bhi le gaye halaat, udhar hi zindagi kar li.
Ghazal singer Deepak Pandit performed Zinda laashon ka sheher hai aur toh kuch bhi nahi hai. At the same time, Hariom Srivastava performed Kundalia verse "Dhara 370 khatam hui hai aaj, khatam hua aatank, khatam hua ghaati ka raaj". Prem Chandra Gupta recited "Aaiye luch naya krke dikhayien, apni azaadi ko sundartam banaye". Ghazal singer and stage director Balram Dhakad enthralled the audience by reciting "In darakhton ko chaav mil jaati, ek darakht hota aangan me". Kalpana Bhatt narrated short stories "Deewar" and "Bhula hua kal".
Senior lyricist Charanjit Singh Kukreja narrated "Patjhad jo aaye Qubool Sawan Pe Haq Hee Ka, Tarashega Jo Babool, Sawan Pe Haq Use Ka". Ashok Vigra narrated, "Aaj ghata sawan ki chhayi aaj naino ka kup bhara".
Dr. Mahesh Manuj read "Jab kala se aai hai sone ki akhbar me chapne laga kya kya". Senior singer Tilak Raj Kapoor read "Hamari khwab ki dum par siyasat khoob krte hain". Kishan Tiwari recited "Sabhi ko jodke jalso ki baat krta hai".
Zaheer Qureshi, who is presiding over the programme also recited a poem. Chief guest Tilak Raj Kapoor and special guest Mahesh Aggarwal read as well as many senior litterateurs of the state who were present in the program, mainly Ashok Nirmal, Danish Jaipuri, Suresh Pabra, Laxmikant, Vimal Kumar Sharma and others were present.