Students of the Doon University’s literary Club organised an interesting but absorbing evening of poetry titled “Aap ke Dil se” on Saturday where a large number of students from various schools of the university, prominently the school of communication participated.
University’s registrar Dr BM Harbola was present throughout the two and a half hour long poetry evening, which brought out the talent of the boys and girls of the university. It is for the first time that such a literary event was organised at the university by the students.Poetry in Urdu, Hindi and English was recited by the students. Parth Joshi, Vibhav Joshi, Tulika Diwan, Himanshu Chauhan, Anamika, Gayatri Akanksha, Sukhant, Prashant,Sharik Rajput and Rishiraj Soni read out their poems and held the interest of the audience which consisted of faculty members and students of various schools.
Nishant Vashist, a student of the school of communication, conducted the poetry recitation while Tulika Diwan, a final year MA student of communication, anchored the entire event. Dr Surindra Suthar and Dr Suneet Naithani recited a few verses on the occasion. They are senior faculty members of the School of Environment and Natural Sciences. Despite the heavy rain and hailstorm, the evening drew a large number of students and the young poets evoked a tremendous response from the enthusiastic audience.
The poems touched on a variety of subjects including love, life, politics, student life, loneliness and an array of emotions. The Registrar greatly appreciated the initiative taken by the students and said that all support would be provided to them for holding such events at the university . Faculty members present on the occasion were highly appreciative of the literary talent of the students which had go a platform to come forth for the first time. The entire event was conducted successfully by the students and this says a lot not just about their poetic skills but also their organisational abilities.