Samprati to hold conference on Kashmiri language, culture

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Press Trust of India Jammu
Last Updated : Mar 12 2015 | 7:57 PM IST
An organisation advocating the cause of displaced Kashmiri Pandit community will hold a three-day conference on Kashmiri language and culture here starting Saturday.
Kashmiri Bhasha evam Sanskriti Pratishthan (Samprati) in collaboration with Kashmir Cultural Trust will organise a conference on Kashmiri culture, language, and literature from March 14, titled Saman Bal 2015, said R L Bhat, a Samprati member.
It will be spread over six sessions, highlighting the Kashmiri history, cultural issues, language and literature. There will also be sessions on languages other than Kashmiri and art, film and drama, he said.
A host of prominent scholars including P N Trisal, Roop Krishen Bhat, R L Bhat, H L Misri, Ramesh Tamiri, Pradeep Kaul, Satish Vimal, Ramesh Hangloo, B N Betab, Rattan Talashi, R L Jawhar, Makhan Lal Saraf, Virender Rawal will discuss and debate on the subjects.
The sessions will be headed by eminent writers and scholars, namely - M L Kemmu, Dr K L Chowdhury, M M Munshi, Kailash Mehra, Prof R L Shant, Omkar N Koul.
The conference shall also include children's programmes and Kashmiri speaking and singing competition, Bhat said.
An exhibition of the books written by the exiled Kashmiri writers in Kashmiri, English, Hindi, and Urdu shall also be organised at the venue of the conference - Kashmiri Pandit Sabha, Ambphalla, he said.
A documentary film shall also be shown during the conference, he said, adding, a multilingual mushaira and a music programme shall be held at Migrant Camp Jagti, on the last day of the conference.
"Some recent books authored by the writers in exile shall also be released during the inaugural session. The conference is proposed to be fully interactive with full participation of the audience in the discussions and debates initiated by the panellists," he said.
The conference, though primarily focussed on Kashmiri language shall be multilingual, entertaining all languages during the discussions, interactions and mushaira, he said.
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First Published: Mar 12 2015 | 7:57 PM IST

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