The annual Chandrabhaga Mahotsav began here on Sunday coinciding with a book fair and will continue till January 5 next.
While the Chandrabhaga Mahotsav was inaugurated by social activist Padmashree Tulasi Munda, linguist Padmashree Debi Prasanna Pattnaik inaugurated the book fair. Besides, another State-level multilingual drama competition will be inaugurated by reputed film personality Sarat Pujari on the valedictory day with film director of the Sala Budha fame Sabyasachi Mohapatra attending the programme as a guest.
“This is the silver jubilee celebration of the literary events. Seminars and discussions would be held on literature and short play during this period. Besides, this is the eighth year of the State level inter-college multilingual drama competitions, hosted by us in association with the Fakir Mohan University,”said Chandrabhaga organisation secretary Sridev.
On the inaugural day, a discussion was held on the topic ‘Women pride’ where Tulsi Munda said that although the level of education and awareness for women have increased, the torture on them is yet to be tackled and both men and women are to be blamed for this. However, the future generation has a responsibility to change the approach towards the community, she said.