The three-day first ever Chhattisgarh's literary Festival will be inaugurated by the Chief Minister Raman Singh at Purkhauti Muktangan, Naya Raipur on Friday. Culture and Tourism Minister Ajay Chandrakar will preside over the inaugural ceremony while lok Sabha MP Ramesh Bais and Congress legislator Dhanendra Sahu would be the special guests.
Government officials said that all preparations have been made for the literary festival which will be attended by more than 200 litterateurs across the country. An exhibition on life and literature of Munshi Premchand will also be organized during the festival.For the first time a national level literary event based on Chhattisgarhi, Hindi, Sanskrit and regional languages is being organized in the State ever since it came into existence in Nov, 2000 with a split of Madhya Pradesh.
Scholars and renowned writers would hold deliberations on various issues related to literature, art, culture and even journalism. A national level book fair will also be organized on the occasion. As many as 53 sessions based on artistic culture and literary environment of Chhattisgarh and other subjects will be held in the mega literary festival. These sessions will include subjects like 'Folk literature of Chhattisgarh', Chhattisgarhi Cinema and lokrang', History, Archaeology and Culture of Chhattisgarh', 'New Sensibility in Modern literature of Chhattisgarh', ‘Folk literature of Surguja’, ‘Gurtur Chhattisgarhi’, etc.
The litterateurs will hold discussions on 'Andhere Mein', the famous poem by Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh while scholars would deliver lectures on various issues related to literature. Workshops on creative writing, cartoon and photography will also be conducted during the programme.