To observe the 60th anniversary of Sahitya Academy Bhopal, an All India Women Writers’ Meet was organised at Antarang Hall, Bharat Bhavan here on Thursday.The two-day event organized by Sahitya Academy is all about sharing the literature works of various noted women writers across the country. The programme was inaugurated by noted Oriya writer Pratibha Ray.
Secretary of Sahitya Academy K Shrivastava welcomed all the guests and speakers on the occasion.The programme is divided into various sections. During the first session of the renowned writers meet like Jayashree Goswami Mahanta read out the story in Assamese. The programme was followed with the recital of stories by Santosh Sadra in Dogri, Yashodhara Mishra in English, Alpana Mishra in Hindi and Zakiya Mashadi in Urdu. The first session was headed by Himanshi Shailat.
In the second session, the women writers shared their perspectives with each other on the topic ‘Being a woman and being a writer (Ek Stree Hona aur Ek lekhika Hona)’. Under this session, the women writers read out their articles and essays. Mridula Garg read out the article in Hindi, Urmila Pawar in Marathi and C Mrinalini in Telugu. This session was headed by Sarah Joseph.
later, the opening day of the All India Women Writer’s Meet 2015 was concluded with Poet’s Meet. Poets like Gayatri Gogai, Sebanti Ghosh, K Shrilata, Nilesh Raghuwanshi, Pragya Rawat, Pratibha Nandkumar, Santosh Mayamohan, J Bhagyashali and Nusrat Mehdi read out their poems in languages like Hindi, English, Rajasthani, Kannad, Telugu, Assamese and Urdu.