literary Journalism today has seen a significant decline in the current era, stated former Vice-Chancellor, Makhanlal Chaturvedi University of Journalism and Communication, Bhopal, Achyutanand Mishra.
He was speaking as chief guest at a symposium on ‘literary Journalism’ organised by Kushabhau Thakre University of Journalism and Mass Communication (KTUJM) here on Thursday.The symposium was held to mark the centenary birth year of late Acharya Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi, and to remember father of Journalism in Chhattisgarh, late Pt Madhav Rao Sapre.
“The pre-independence era of journalism had a strong blend of literature in it and it was inspired from freedom struggle” said Achyutanand Mishra.
He presented a deep insight of the life of different great personalities such as Pt. Madan Mohan Malviya, Acharya Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi and Pt Madhav Rao Sapre. Vice Chancellor, KTUJM Dr Sachchidanand Joshi in his presidential address mentioned about the first newspaper of Chhattisgarh ‘Chhattisgarh Mitra’ while saying that starting a newspaper from small place like Pendra road required guts, and we should salute Pt Madhav Rao Sapre for his courage to take this bold step.
littérateur professor Saroj Kumar while speaking about the first literary magazine ‘Saraswati’ said, it was the ‘School of literature.’According to Saroj Kumar, magazines are a medium through which literature reaches us and ‘literary Journalism’ has an important role in disseminating literary information to the people.
Kanti Kanate hailing from Gwalior said literature acts as bridge between different ideologies. Senior journalist lalit Surjan also highlighted the important contributions made by Acharya Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi in developing ‘literary Journalism’.Former Secretary Dr Sushil Trivedi and Chairman of Madhav Rao Sapre Sodh Peeth, Paritosh Chakravarti also expressed their views.