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সত্যজিৎ রায়ের জন্মশতবার্ষিকীতে স্মরণ

ScribeShah

September 18, 2021

1965 সালে কলকাতার শীর্ষস্থানীয় দৈনিক দ্য স্টেটসম্যান-এ চিঠির যুদ্ধ প্রকাশিত হয়েছিল। সত্যজিৎ রায় মৃণাল সেনের চলচ্চিত্র আকাশ কুসুমকে একটি কাক চলচ্চিত্র বলে সমালোচনা করেছিলেন। এর কড়া জবাব দেন মৃণাল সেন। সত্যজিৎ সত্যিকারের চেতনায় ফিরেও লিখেছেন। উভয়ের চিঠি বেশ কিছুক্ষণ চলতে থাকে যার পরে দ্য স্টেটসম্যান বুদ্ধিমত্তার সাথে দুই উস্তাদের মধ্যে কথার যুদ্ধকে সম্পূর্ণরূপে থামিয়ে দেয়।

রায় বা সেন কখনোই তাদের মন্তব্যে একে অপরের বেল্টের নিচে অশ্লীল ছিলেন না। মৃণাল সেন সর্বদা সত্যজিৎ রায়ের অপরাজিতা, দেবী এবং চারুলতাকে মাস্টারপিস হিসেবে প্রশংসা করতেন। সত্যজিৎ রায় মৃণাল সেন তাঁর উজ্জ্বল ক্যালকাটা ট্রিলজি- কলকাতা 71, সাক্ষাৎকার এবং পদাতিক-এ চিত্রিত গুরুতর রাজনৈতিক উদ্বেগের প্রশংসা করেছিলেন। দুজনেই সিনেমা, সাহিত্য, রাজনীতি সম্পর্কিত বিষয় নিয়ে আলোচনার অসংখ্য মুহূর্ত শেয়ার করেছেন। 80-এর দশকের শেষের দিকে যখন সত্যজিৎ রায়কে ফরাসি প্রেসিডেন্ট জিসকার্ড ডি’ইস্টিং লিজিয়ন ডি’ অনার প্রদান করেন, তখন মৃণাল সেন তাঁর পাশে ছিলেন সত্যজিৎ রায়কে উল্লাস করছেন। এটা কোন কারণ ছাড়াই নয় যে মৃণাল সেন তাঁর শেষ দিন পর্যন্ত বলেছিলেন যে তাঁর মতে ভারতীয় চলচ্চিত্রের তিনটি শীর্ষ নাম ছিল রে, রে এবং রে।

তাঁর জন্মশতবার্ষিকীতে সত্যজিৎ রায়কে শত শত শ্রদ্ধা জানানো হচ্ছে। শুধুমাত্র ভারতের শীর্ষস্থানীয় চলচ্চিত্র নির্মাতাই নয়, তিনি গত সহস্রাব্দের সর্বকালের সেরাদের মধ্যেও স্থান পেয়েছেন। সত্যজিৎ রায়ের প্রবল ভক্ত মার্টিন স্কোরসেস বলেছেন, “শতরঞ্জ কে খিলাড়ি দেখে আমি চলচ্চিত্র নির্মাণের প্রতিটি বিভাগে সত্যজিৎ রায়ের দক্ষতা দেখে অবাক হয়েছি। অপু ট্রিলজি একটি ক্লাসিক সিনেম্যাটিক অভিজ্ঞতা হিসেবে রয়ে গেছে যা প্রতিটি চলচ্চিত্র প্রেমী এখনও লালন করে।”

একজন সংরক্ষিত এবং শান্ত ব্যক্তি, সত্যজিৎ রায়কে অনেকে গর্বিত, অহংকারী ব্যক্তি হিসাবে বিশ্বাস করতেন। সত্য যে তিনি নিজেকে সবার কাছে উন্মুক্ত করেননি। শুধুমাত্র যদি সে কারো প্রতি পূর্ণ আস্থা তৈরি করে তবেই সত্যজিৎ তাকে নিজের কাছে আসতে দেয়। এই পৌরাণিক কাহিনীটি তার ছেলে সন্দীপ রায় ভেঙেছেন যিনি বলেছেন, “ঋত্বিক ঘটক এবং তরুণ মজুমদার আমাদের বাড়িতে ঘন ঘন দর্শনার্থী ছিলেন। বাবা তাদের সাথে একটি চমৎকার সম্পর্ক ভাগ করে নিয়েছিলেন এবং তিনজনেরই একে অপরের প্রতি অকৃত্রিম নীরব শ্রদ্ধার সাথে অব্যক্ত নৈতিকতার একটি পারস্পরিক সেট ছিল।”

তপন সিনহার জন্য সত্যজিৎ রায়ের একটা নরম কোণ ছিল। পরেরটি যখন খুদিতো পাষাণ চিত্রনাট্য করছিলেন, তিনি প্রথমে বিভ্রান্ত হয়েছিলেন। সত্যজিৎ ফতেপুর সিক্রির মতো একটি দুর্গের স্কেচ করে তাকে রক্ষা করতে এসেছিলেন এবং এটি তপন সিনহাকে তার স্ক্রিপ্ট সম্পূর্ণ করতে সাহায্য করেছিল। সিনহা সত্যজিৎকে খানিকের অথিতি এবং এক ডাক্তার কি মউত-এর জন্য প্রশংসার কথা স্মরণ করেছিলেন। জিন্দেগি জিন্দেগি এবং সগিনা-এর মতো পাগলাটে হিন্দি ছবি পরিচালনা করার জন্যও তিনি সিনহাকে স্নেহের সাথে উপদেশ দিয়েছিলেন। তপন সিনহা সত্যজিৎকে তাঁর জীবদ্দশায় ভারত থেকে দেখেছেন সর্বশ্রেষ্ঠ চলচ্চিত্র নির্মাতা হিসেবে বিবেচনা করেছিলেন।

এখানে একটি ভিডিও দেখুন যা কিংবদন্তি চলচ্চিত্র নির্মাতাকে অনন্য শ্রদ্ধা জানিয়েছে। সৌজন্যে: FFSI

সত্যজিৎ অজয় কর, বিজয় বোস এবং পীযূষ বোসের মতো তরুণ প্রতিভাবান চলচ্চিত্র নির্মাতাদের তাদের শৈলীতে শালীন চলচ্চিত্র নির্মাণের জন্য সবসময় উৎসাহিত করতেন। কখনো কারো উপর নিজের মতামত চাপিয়ে দেননি। গৌতম ঘোষের কথা মনে পড়ে, “মানিকদা (রায়) আমাদের কাছে একজন অভিভাবক ছিলেন। আমি তার কাছ থেকে চলচ্চিত্র নির্মাণের অনেক দিক শিখেছি যেমন বিশদ বিবরণ, সময় ব্যবস্থাপনা এবং অভিনেতাদের পরিচালনা। আমার অন্তর্জলি যাত্রা যখন সেন্সরের বাধার সম্মুখীন হয়, তখন মানিকদা, মৃণালদা এবং তপান্দা আমাকে সমর্থন করে মিডিয়াতে জোরালো বক্তব্য দেন।”

পথের পাঁচালী, সত্যজিৎ রায়, সুব্রত মিত্র, বংশী চন্দ্রগুপ্ত এবং পরিচালক অসিত সেন ওয়াল ক্যামেরা দিয়ে এভারেস্ট স্টুডিওতে ছবির ট্রায়াল শ্যুট করার আগে গৌতম ঘোষেরও মনে আছে। ফলাফল ফলপ্রসূ ছিল. সত্যজিৎ রায় তার দল নির্বিশেষে সকলকে সম্মান করতেন এবং যত্ন করতেন।

সত্যজিৎ কাউকে ছোট করে দেখেননি। শর্মিলা ঠাকুর বলেছেন, “মানিকদা আমার কৈশোরে অপুর সান্দার এবং দেবীতে যেভাবে আমাকে পরিচালনা করেছিলেন তা আমি সবসময় লালন করি। দেবী ইঙ্গার বর্মনকে দেখে মানিকদাকে আমার চোখ স্বপ্নেও তাড়িত করেছিল। শুনে মানিকদা খুব খুশি হয়েছিলেন।

শুধু বাংলায় নয়, সত্যজিৎ রায়ও সারা দেশের চলচ্চিত্র ব্যক্তিত্বদের সাথে সেরা ভাইব শেয়ার করেছেন। গোবিন্দ নিহালানি বলেছেন, “যখন শ্যাম বেনেগাল এবং আমি মানিকদার বাড়িতে তাঁর উপর একটি তথ্যচিত্রের শুটিং করতে ছিলাম, তখন তিনি সত্যিকারের সহযোগী ছিলেন। মানিকদা কখনো কোনো ক্ষেপে যাননি। তিনি যখন তার অনবদ্য ব্যারিটোনে বিরাম দিয়ে কথা বলতেন তখন আমরা ছাত্রদের মতো শুনে মন্ত্রমুগ্ধ হয়েছিলাম।”

যদিও আদুর গোপালকৃষ্ণ সর্বদা বলেন, “সত্যিকারের সাথে ঋত্বিক ঘটক এবং মৃণাল সেনই পরিচালক হিসেবে আমার একমাত্র অনুপ্রেরণা।”

রায়ের সিনেমাটোগ্রাফার সুব্রত মিত্র তাঁর শেষ নিঃশ্বাস না নেওয়া পর্যন্ত মনে রেখেছিলেন যে কীভাবে রায় এবং তিনি নায়কের পরে আলাদা হয়ে গেলেও সেরা ভাইবগুলি ভাগ করেছিলেন।

শালীনতা, সৌজন্য এবং প্রতিশ্রুতি ছিল সত্যজিৎ এর কিছু সম্পদ। আশ্চর্যের কিছু নেই যে চলচ্চিত্রের মানুষের সাথে তার মেলামেশা ছিল উষ্ণ, সৌহার্দ্যপূর্ণ এবং অকৃত্রিম। তাজমহলে তার সাথে মধ্যাহ্নভোজ ভাগ করে নেওয়ার সময়, আগ্রা এমনকি আইকনিক ডেভিড লিন মন্তব্য করেছিলেন, “সত্যজিৎ রায় সত্যিই মানবিক, বাস্তবে ভিত্তি করে, বাস্তবে স্বপ্ন দেখেন।”

Remembering Satyajit Ray on his birth centenary

CinemaScope

ScribeShah

September 18, 2021

Remembering Satyajit Ray on his birth centenary

A war of letters in Kolkata’s leading daily The Statesman was published in 1965. Satyajit Ray criticized Mrinal Sen’s movie Akash Kusum as a crow film. To this, Mrinal Sen retorted sharply. Ray also wrote back with true spirit. Letters from both continued for quite some time after which The Statesman intelligently put a full stop to the war of words between the two maestros.

Never were Ray or Sen vulgar in their comments hitting under the belts of each other. Mrinal Sen always admired Satyajit Ray’s Aparajito, Devi and Charulata as masterpieces. Satyajit Ray appreciated the grave political concerns Mrinal Sen depicted in his brilliant Calcutta Trilogy- Calcutta 71, Interview and Padatik. Both shared countless moments discussing subjects related to cinema, literature, politics among others. When Satyajit Ray was presented the Legion D’ Honor by French President Giscard D’Estaing in the late 80s, Mrinal Sen was by his side cheering Satyajit Ray. It is not without reason Mrinal Sen said till his last days that according to him the three top names of Indian cinema were Ray, Ray and Ray.

As his centenary carries on hundreds of tributes are being given to Satyajit Ray. Not only the leading filmmaker from India, but he also ranks among the last millennium’s all-time greats. Martin Scorsese, an ardent Ray admirer, stated, ”Viewing Shatranj Ke Khiladi I marveled at Satyajit Ray’s mastery over every department of film making. The Apu Trilogy remains a classic cinematic experience which every film lover still cherishes.”

A reserved and quiet person, Satyajit Ray was believed by many as a proud, egoist person. True he never opened himself to everyone. Only if he developed full confidence in someone did Ray allow him/her to come near himself. This myth is broken by his son Sandip Ray who says, “Ritwik Ghatak and Tarun Majumdar were frequent visitors to our residence. Baba shared an excellent rapport with them and all the three had a mutual set of unspoken ethics with genuine silent regard for each other.”

Satyajit Ray had a soft corner for Tapan Sinha. When the latter was scripting Khudito Pashan, he was initially confused. Ray came to his rescue by sketching a fort, similar to Fatepur Sikri and it helped Tapan Sinha to complete his script. Sinha fondly remembered Ray complimenting him for Khaniker Athiti and Ek Doctor Ki Maut. He also affectionately admonished Sinha for directing inane Hindi films like Zindagi Zindagi and Sagina. Tapan Sinha considered Ray the greatest filmmaker he saw in his lifetime from India.

Watch a video here which paid unique tribute to the legendary filmmaker. Courtesy: FFSI

Ray always encouraged young talented filmmakers like Ajay Kar, Bijay Bose and Pijush Bose to make decent films in their styles. Never did he impose his views on anyone. Remembers Goutam Ghose, “Manikda (Ray) was a guardian like a figure to us. I learned many aspects of filmmaking like detailing, time management and handling of actors from him. When my Antarjali Yatra faced hurdles at the censors, Manikda, Mrinalda and Tapanda gave strong statements in the media supporting me.”

Goutam Ghose also fondly remembers before the shooting of Pather Panchali, Satyajit Ray, Subrata Mitra, Banshi Chandragupta and director Asit Sen shot a trial of the film at Everest Studio with a wall camera. The results were fruitful. Satyajit Ray respected and cared for everyone in his team irrespective of his designation.

Never did Ray look down on anyone. Says Sharmila Tagore, “The way Manikda handled me in my teens in Apur Sandar and Devi are memories I always cherish. Viewing Devi Ingar Berman informed Manikda my eyes haunted him even in his dreams. Manikda was so happy hearing it.”

Not only in Bengal, but Satyajit Ray also shared the best of vibes with film personalities throughout the nation. Govind Nihalani says, “When Shyam Benegal and I were at Manikda’s residence to shoot a documentary on him, he was truly co-operative. Never did Manikda throw any tantrums. As he spoke with pauses in his inimitable baritone we were mesmerized listening like students.”

While Adur Gopalkrishan always states, “Ray along with Ritwik Ghatak and Mrinal Sen are my sole inspirations as directors.”

Ray’s cinematographer Subrata Mitra remembered till he breathed his last how Ray and he shared the best vibes though they separated after Nayak.

Decency, courtesy and commitment were some of Ray’s assets. No wonder his association with film people was warm, cordial and genuine. While sharing lunch with him at Taj Mahal, Agra even iconic David Lean commented, “Satyajit Ray is truly humane, grounded in reality, dreaming practically.”

As activist Harsh Mander flew abroad for fellowship, Modi govt raids on his institutions

Freshly Brewed

ScribeShah

September 16, 2021

As activist Harsh Mander flew abroad for fellowship, Modi govt raids on his institutions

Kolkata: Over 600 academics, advocates, activists, civil servants, writers, filmmakers, journalists, musicians, artists among others condemn the raids by the enforcement directorate (ED) on the offices and private home of one of India’s leading human rights and former IAS officer, Harsh Mander.

eNewsroom, is carrying the public statement, as it is:

This morning, September 16, 2021, officers of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted raids at the offices of the Centre of Equity Studies (CES) Delhi, headed by Harsh Mander. They also raided his private home in Vasant Kunj. The Income Tax (IT) department has simultaneously raided one of the children’s shelter homes run by an allied institution – Ummeed Aman Ghar in Mehrauli. More details are awaited, as these raids are ongoing.

Mander is currently in Berlin, Germany at the invitation of the Robert Bosch Academy to join them for the prestigious Richard Von Weizsacker Fellowship. The Robert Bosch Academy, founded in 2014 as an institution of the Robert Bosch Stiftung, offers international decision-makers, opinion leaders, and experts the opportunity for solution-oriented cooperation on issues of global relevance.

We condemn these raids to harass and intimidate leading human rights and peace activist, Harsh Mander, who has done nothing but work for peace and harmony, consistently upholding the highest moral standards of honesty and probity.

Over the past year, Harsh Mander and the CES have been subjected to continued harassment by multiple state agencies. The false and malicious allegations by the National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) were definitively countered by the Delhi Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR), a statutory body, which has filed a strong affidavit in the Delhi High Court, putting an end to the false allegations against CES.

CES has also been subjected to harassment by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW), and the IT department. All these vindictive efforts combined, have shown neither diversion of money nor any violation of the law. The current raids by the ED and IT department are to be viewed in this context, as part of a continuing chain of abuse of state institutions to threaten, intimidate and try to silence every critic of the present government.

We stand with Harsh Mander and with each person associated with the Centre for Equity Studies. The Constitution of India and the law of the land shall prevail, exposing these intimidatory tactics exactly for what they are – an abuse of state institutions to try and curtail all our rights.

S.No.	Name	Organisation / Independent / Activists
1	Rajmohan Gandhi, Historian	Historian
2	Julio Ribero, IPS (Retd.)	Former Police Commissioner of Mumbai
3	Admiral Ramdas	Former Chief of Naval Staff
4	Aruna Roy	MKSS
5	Prof. Rooprekha Verma	Former VC, Lucknow University
6	Indira Jaising,	Senior Advocate, Supreme Court
7	Dr. Syeda Hameed	Former Member, Planning Commission of India
8	Prof. Jean Dreze	Economist
9	Arjun Appadurrai	Anthropologist, Berlin
10	Vivan Sundaram	Artist
11	Jagdeep Chhokar,	Professor (retd), IIM, Ahmedabad
12	Shanta Sinha	Former Chairperson, NCPCR
13	Medha Patkar,	NAPM
14	Flavia Agnes	Majlis, Mumbai
15	Prof. Amitabh Kundu	Urban Studies Expert
16	Prashant Bhushant	Senior Advocate, Supreme Court
17	Subhashini Ali	Member Politbureau CPI (M)
18	Uma Chakravarty	Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India
19	Madhu Bhaduri,	IFS, (Retd), Former Ambassador to Portugal
20	Shiv Shankar Mukherjee, IFS (Redt.)	Former Ambassador to UK
21	Mihir Desai	Senior Advocate Bombay High Court and SC of India
22	Kavita Krishnan	General Secretary, AIPWA
23	Prof Apoorvanand,	General Secretary, AIPWA
24	Henri Tiphagne,	People’s Watch
25	Annie Raja	Gen Sec. NFIW
26	Ravi Kiran Jain	President, PUCL
27	V.Suresh	General Secretary, PUCL
28	Anand Grover	Senior Advocate, Supreme Court
29	Colin Gonsalves	Senior Advocate, Supreme Court
30	Bharat Bhushan	Columnist
31	Anand Sahay	Columnist
32	Aakar Patel	Amnesty India
33	Abdul Hafiz Lakhani	Editor siyasat dot net
34	Abey George	RTI NETWORK KERALA
35	Abha Bhaiya	Feminist Activtis
36	Abhay Kumar	Social Activist
37	Abhinandan Sekhri	News Laundry
38	Abhisikta Dasgupta	Performance Researcher-Practitioner
39	Abraham Mathai	Human Rights Worker, Mumbai
40	Abu Mohammed Sajid Basha	Activist
41	Achin Vanaik	Retd prof, New Delhi
42	Adhiraj Sarin	Indendent
43	Aditya Mukherjee	Retired Professors, JNU
44	Aditya Shrivastava	Lawyer, Dekhi
45	Adv. Sachin Godambe	Social Activist & Freelance Journalist) Pune
46	Adv.Ansar Indori	National Confederation of Human Rights Organization’s (NCHRO)
47	Ajay Prakash	Editor, Janjwar
48	Ajey Saxena	PUCL Pratapgarh
49	Akash Banerjee	Desh Bhakt
50	Akhil Chaudhary	Lawyer and PUCL
51	Alaka Basu	Professor, Cornell University
52	Alok Jain	Independent
53	Amala Dasarathi	Advocate
54	Amit Gupta	Business man
55	Amita Cherian	Advocate
56	Amita Joseph	Activist
57	Amitabh Kundu	Independent
58	Ammu Abraham	Feminist Activist
59	Amod Shah	Independent
60	Amrit Kumar Goldsmith	Independent
61	Amrita Chhachhi	Photographer, Delhi
62	Amrita Johri	Social Activist
63	Amrita Shodhan	Independent
64	Anand Chakravarty	Academic
65	Anand K Sahay	Columnist
66	Anand Patwardhan	Film Maker
67	Anand Vardhan Singh	The Public India
68	Anant Bhatnagar	PUCL Rajasthan
69	Anant Maringanti	HUL
70	Ania Loomba	Academic
71	Anil Kumar	Activist
72	Anita Agnihotri, IAS	Former Secretary, Department of Social Justice Empowerment, GoI
73	Anita Mathur	Azad Foundation
74	Anita Rampal	Educationist
75	Anjali Bharadwaj	Social Activist
76	Anjor Bhaskar	Right to Food and Work Campaign
77	Ankita Aggarwal	Researcher
78	Anju Nayal	PUCL Ajmer
79	Anna Dani, IAS, Retd	Former Additional Chief Secretary, Govt. of Maharashtra
80	Anubha Rastogi	Advocate
81	Anuradha Marwah	Ajmer Adult Litreacy Association
82	Anwar Ali	Inpendent
83	Apar Gupta	Advocate
84	Aparna	President, India Federation of Trade Unions
85	Archana Prasad	JNU
86	Arif Jafar	Naz Foundation International
87	Arjun Appadurai	Anthropologist, Berlin
88	Arun Gupta	Child and Nutrition Expert
89	Arun Kumar	Retd Prof. JNU
90	Arun Vyas	Advocate PUCL
91	Aruna Rodrigues	Food Rights Activist
92	Aruna Roy	MKSS
93	Arundathi V	Social Arts Practioner, himachal pradesh
94	Faisal Khan	Khudai Khidmatgar
95	Arundhati Dhuru	National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM)
96	Asawari Kapur	Independent
97	Asha Kalra	Children and woman welfare society
98	Asha Kotwal	Dalit women fight
99	Asha Mishra	Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti
100	Asha Sharma	Secretary, AIDWA Delhi
101	Asha Sharma	Secretary, AIDWA Delhi
102	Ashish K Mishra	The morning context
103	Ashma Izzat	Advocate
104	Ashok Kumar Sharma, IFS, Retd	Former MD, State Forest Development Corporation, Govt. of Gujarat
105	Ashok Verma	Convenor, Jharkhand Loktantrik Manch
106	Ashrfi Prasad	Right to food Campaign Jharkhand
107	Ashwani Kumar Paliwal	PUCL Udaipur
108	Aunohita Mojumdar	Freelance Journalist
109	Aurobindo Behera, IAS	Former Member, Board of Revenue, Govt. of Odisha
110	Avantika Srivastava	Social Activist
111	Avinash Mohananey, IPS	Former Director General of Police, Govt. of Sikkim
112	Ayeesha Rai	National Network of Sex Workers
113	Aysha	Right to food Campaign
114	Balram	Right to food Campaign Jharkhand
115	Barun Bandhopadyay	Editor People’s Reporter
116	Beena Jadav	Rahethan Adhikar Manch -Gujarat
117	Bela Bhatia	Activist
118	Bhanwar Meghwanshi	PUCL Rajasthan
119	Bhanwari Bai	Mahila Jan Adhikar Samiti, Ajmer
120	Bharat	Vishakha: Women’s Research and Resouce group
121	Bharat Dogra	Independent
122	Bhaswati	HUL
123	Bhavna Sharma	Social Activist, Anhad
124	Bidyut Mohanty	Academic
125	Binayak Sen	Human Rights Worker and PUCL
126	Bindu Singh	Right to Food, UP
127	Binod Kumar	Social Activist, Ranchi
128	Biswa soren	Right to Food Campaign, Jharkhand
129	C B Choudhary	Samajwadi Jan Parishad
130	Chander	Independent
131	Chandra Kala	Ekal Nari Shakti Sangathan
132	Chandrakant Chaudhari	Social Activist, Bhusaval
133	Chandrashekhar Balakrishnan. IAS, Retd.	Former Secretary, Coal, GoI
134	Chayanika Shah	Queer Feminist Researcher, Mumbai
135	Chetan Gollapalli	Independent
136	Chhaya Pachauli	Centre for Health and Equity, Jaipur
137	Clifton D’Rozario	National Convenor, All India Lawyers Association for Justice
138	Cynthia Mathew CJ	Independent
139	D. Geetha Advocate	Activist
140	D. L. Tripathi	PUCL Rajasthan
141	D. Leena
142	Deb Mukharji, IFS	Former High Commissioner to Bangladesh and former Ambassador to Nepal
143	Debmalya Nandy	Nrega Sangharsh Morcha
144	Deepak Kalra	Disabled Rights Expert
145	Denzil Fernandes	Academic, Delhi
146	Deshdeep Dhankhar	University of Hyderabad
147	Dev Benegal	Film Director
148	Dev Desai	Human Rights activists, Ahmedabad ANHAD
149	Dhanya Rajendran	The news minute
150	Dilip D’Souza	Writer, Bombay
151	Dipali Taneja	Independent
152	Dipani Sutaria	Gujarat
153	Divakar Narayanra	Independent
154	Dr Kochurani Abraham	ICWM, Kerala
155	Dr Ashok Dhawale	National President, All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS)
156	Dr Raja Ram	Retired Faculty, Delhi University.
157	Dr RatiRao E	AIPWA
158	Dr Saif Mahmood	Advocate, Supreme Court of India
159	Dr Sunil Kaul	Ex- Advisor to the SC Commissioners
160	Dr Sunilam	Kisan Sangharsh Samiti and Bahujan Samwad.
161	Dr V. Lakshminarayana	AIPF, PUCL
162	Dr. Akash Bhattacharya	Faculty Member, School of Education, Azim Premji University
163	Dr. Alaka Rao	Public Health Consultant
164	Dr. Asha Kaushik	Rajasthan University Women’s Association
165	Dr. Ashok Dhawale	President – AIKS
166	Dr. Jyothi Krishnan	RTI NETWORK KERALA
167	Dr. Kanchan Mathur	Women Studies Consultant
168	Dr. Laad Kumari Jain	Rajasthan University Women’s Association
169	Dr. Malti Gupta	RUWA and NFIW
170	Dr. Mohammed Hasan	Independent Academic
171	Dr. Pawan Surana	Rajasthan University Women’s Association
172	Dr. Pritam Pal	Women Studies and Public Health Consultant
173	Dr. RatiRao E.	AIPWA , PUCL
174	Dr. Renuka Pamecha	Women’s Rehabilitation Group
175	Dr. Saroop Dhruv	Cultural Activist, Gujarat
176	Dr. Shobhita Rajagopal	Women Studies Consultant
177	Dr. Smriti Rao	Professor, Economics and Global Studies, Assumption University
178	Dr.Meeta Singh	PUCL and Foundation for the Dignity of the Girl Child
179	Dr.Mohan Rao	Former Professor at JNU
180	Dunu Roy	Social Activist and Thinker
181	E A S Sarma	Visakhapatnam
182	Elina Horo	Adivasi Women’s Network
183	Ena Zafar	Human Rights Activist
184	Eshwarappa M	ESG India
185	Faizan Alam	Filmmaker, Activist
186	Fatema	Indendent
187	Father Jothi SJ	Human Rights Activist, Tripura
188	Feroze Mithiborwala	India Palestine Solidarity Forum
189	Francis Parmar	Independent
190	Ganatantrik Adhikar Surakhya Sangathan	Odisha
191	Ganga ram Paikra	Right to Food Campaign Chhattisgarh
192	Gautam Mody	New Trade Union Initiative
193	Gayatri Singh	Senior Advocate Bombay High Court
194	Geeta Kapur	Art Critic, Delhi
195	Geeta Seshu	Co-editor, Free Speech Collective
196	George Thomas	Orthopaedic Surgeon, Chennai.
197	Ghanshyam Shah	Ahmedabad
198	Girija Boddupalli	Oxfam
199	Githa Hariharan	Writer
200	Gladston Xavier	Professor in social work.
201	Gopal Menon	Film Maker
202	Gopalan Balagopal, IAS, Retd	Former Special Secretary, Govt. of West Bengal
203	Gurjeet Singh	Right to Food Campaign, Jharkhand
204	Gutta Rohith	Human Rights Forum, AP and TN
205	Harkesh Bugalia	Rajasthan Nirman Env General Worker Union
206	Harsh Kapoor	Mainstream Weekly
207	Harsh Sethi	Independent
208	Hasan Abdullah	New Delhi
209	Hasina Khan	On behalf of Bebaak Collective
210	Hasina Khan	Bebaak Collective
211	Hemantkumar Shah	Economist, Gujarat
212	Himanshu Kumar	Gandhian Activist, Goa
213	Hiren Gandhi	Cultural Activist
214	I D JAMES	Indendent
215	Indira Hirway	Centre For Development Alternatives Ahmedabad
216	Indira Pancholi	Mahila Jan Adhikar Samiti, Ajmer
217	Indu Chandrasekhar	Tulika Books
218	Indu Prakash Singh	President, Forum Against Corruption & Threats. Facilitator, CityMakers Mission Internationals
219	Intekhab Qamar	Social Activist
220	Ira Raja	Faculty, Delhi University
221	Jagdeep Chhokar	Professor (Retired), IIM Ahmedabad
222	Jagmati Sangwan	Bheem Awardee, Volleyballer
223	Jahnvi Andharia	Independent
224	James Anthony	PUCL Bharatpur
225	James Herenj	Right to Food Campaign, Jharkhand
226	Javed Anand	Journalist
227	Jawahar Mehta	Activist
228	Jawahar Mehta	Social Activist, Jharkhand
229	Jaya Mehta	Economist
230	Jayasree Subramanian	Activist
231	Jeevika Shiv	Advocate and Feminist Activist
232	Johanna	Social Activist
233	John Dayal	Writer and Activist
234	John Dsouza	Documentalist, Mumbai
235	Johra chhipa	Housing Rights Human Rights Groups-Gujarat
236	Julio Ribeiro, IPS Retd.	Former Adviser to Governor of Punjab & former Ambassador to Romania
237	Jyoti Punwani	Freelance Journalist, Mumbai
238	K Ramnarayan	Ecologist & Educator, Uttarakhand, India
239	Kabi Sherman	Social Activist
240	Kailash Kumbhakar	Acaedmy for Socio Legal Studies,
241	Kailash meena	PUCL Rajasthan
242	KALYANI MENON	SEN
243	Kamal Jaswal, IAS	Former Secretary, Department of Information Technology, GoI
244	Kamayani Bali Mahabal	Punjab Women Collective
245	Kameshwari Jandhyala	Hyderabad
246	Kamyani Swami	Jan Jagran Shakti Sangathan
247	Kanishka Gupta	Write and Publisher
248	Karen Gabriel	Independent
249	Karuna John	Writer, Editor, Translator, Teacher
250	Karuna Phillip	Mahila Jan Adhikar Samiti, Ajmer
251	Kashi nath Chatterjee	Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti
252	Katyayani Vidmahe	Independent
253	Kavita Srivastava	PUCL
254	Kedar Mishra	Poet and journalist, Bhubaneswar
255	Khairunissa Pathan	Parwaaz, Mumbai
256	Khan Sophia	Gender & Legal Consultant
257	Kiran Grover	Independent
258	Komal Srivastava	Bharat Gyan vigyan Samiti
259	Koninika Ray	National Federation of Indian Women
260	Kusum Saiwal	AIDWA
261	Laavanya Tamang	Activist
262	Lakshmi Krishnamurty	Researcher – education of children and women
263	Lalita Ramdas	Educator and Activist…Bhaimala, Alibag
264	Lata Kachawaha	Social Activist, Barmer
265	Lata P.M	Social Activist, Maharashtra
266	Lata Singh	JNU
267	Lata Singh	PUCL
268	Latika Padgaonkar	Independent
269	Leena Abraham	Mumba
270	Leena Joshi	Academic
271	Leo F. Saldanha	Environment Support Group
272	Lotika Singha	University of Wolverhampton, UK
273	M M P Singh	Activist
274	M.G. Devasahayam, IAS, Retd	Former Secretary, Govt. of Haryana
275	Madhavi Kane	Activist
276	Madhavi Kuckreja	Independent
277	Madhu Bhaduri, IFS, Retd.	Former Ambassador to Portugal
278	Madhu Bhushan	Women’s rights activist, Bangalore
279	Madhu Garg	AIDWA
280	Madhulika	PUCL, Dungarpur
281	Madhumita	India Civil Watch
282	Madhusree Dutta	Artist
283	Mahendra Parida	General secretary, Aicctu
284	Maimoona Mollah	Social and Political Activist
285	Maitreyi Krishnan	Manthan Law, Bangalore
286	Malika Virdi	Uttarakhand.
287	Malini Subramaniam	Independent Journalist
288	Mamata Dash	WSS, Delhi
289	Mamta Jaitly	Vividha
290	Mamta
291	Manan Ganguli	India Matters UK
292	Manavi Atri	Lawyer/Researcher, Bangalore
293	Manavwadi Bharat	The Humanist
294	Mangla Kumar	Advocate
295	Manju Sharma	Writer
296	Manu Kaushik	Management Consultant
297	Maria Couto	Aldona goa
298	Mariam Dhavale	AIDWA
299	Mathew Cherian	Social Activist
300	Maya Krishna Rao	Theatre Artist
301	Mazher Hussain	Hyderabad
302	Medha Patkar	National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM)
303	Meenakshi	Movement for Secular Democracy
304	Meera Samson	CORD
305	Meera Sangahmitra	National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM)
306	Mehroo Kotval	Independent
307	Members	Forum Against Oppression of Women
308	Members	Chhattisgarh Bachao Andolan
309	Mewa Bharti	Domestic Workers Union
310	Minakshi	NFIW
311	Mira Shiva	Health and Nutritionist Expert
312	Mohd Tarique	TISS
313	Mohit	Independent
314	Mohit M	Independent
315	Mridul	Technology Professional
316	Mridula Mukherjee	Retired Professors, JNU
317	Mrinalini Paul	right to food and work Campaign, West Bengal
318	Mukta Srivastava	Right to food Campaign and Shoshit Jan Andolan
319	N Venugopal	Journalist, Hyderabad
320	N.C. Saxena, IAS, Retd	Former Secretary, Planning Commission, GoI
321	Nachiket Udupa	MKSS
322	Nagalsamy, IAAS	Former Principal Accountant General, Tamil Nadu & Kerala
323	Nandini Rao	Social Activist
324	Nandini Sundar	Academic, Delhi
325	Nandita Gandhi	Co-Director, Akshara Centre
326	Nandita Narain	Delhi University.
327	Narendra Gupta	Prayas
328	Natasha Badhwar	Film Maker and Author
329	Naveen Narayan	Dalit Activist
330	Navendu Mishra	Seoni working with agrini samaj Kalyan samiti
331	Navrekha Sharma, IFS, Retd	Former Ambassador to Indonesia
332	Neeta Kolhatkar	Independent Journalist
333	Nirja Mishra	Indpendent Academic
334	Nirmala Karunan	Independent
335	Nisha Biswas	WSS
336	Nisha Chauhan	Social Activist, Bikaner
337	Nisha Sidhu	National Federation Indian Women
338	Nishat Hussein	National Muslim Women’s welfare society
339	Niti Saxena	Lawyer and Researcher
340	Noella de Souza.	Mumbai
341	Noor Mohmmad	PUCL Alwar
342	Norat Mal	Social Activist, Ajmer
343	Norati	President, Rajasthan Asangathith Mazdoor Union
344	Nupur Basu	Senior Journalist and Documentary Filmmaker.
345	Om Prakash Ray	PUCL Ajmer
346	P. J. Josey	INSOCO Kerala
347	P. Joy Oommen, IFS	Former Chief Secretary, Govt. of Chhattisgarh
348	P.A. Nazareth, IFS	Former Ambassador to Egypt and Mexico
349	P.R. Dasgupta, IAS, Retd	Former Chairman, Food Corporation of India, GoI
350	Padma Velaskar	Professor (retd), Tiss Mumbai
351	Padmaja Shaw	Rtd Professor Osmania University
352	Pamela Philipose	Journalist, New Delhi
353	Pamposh Dhar	Singapore
354	Paranjoy Guha Thakurta	Journalist
355	Paromita	Independent
356	Persis Ginwalla	Ahmedabad
357	Pervin Jehangir	Activist
358	PM Lata	Social activist, Maharashtra
359	Poonam Batra	Professor of Education, Co-Investigator, TESF India
360	Poonam Kaushik	Pragatisheel Mahila Sangathan, Delhi
361	Prabhat Patnaik	Professor Emeritus, JNU
362	Prabir Purkayastha	Editor, Newsclick, and science activist
363	Pradeep K. Deb	IAS (Retd.) Former Secretary, Deptt. Of Sports, GoI
364	Pradeep K. Deb, IAS Retd.	Former Secretary, Department of Sports GOI
365	Pradip Krishen	Independent
366	Pradnya Deshpande	Psychologist
367	Pragya Joshi	PUCL Rajasthan
368	Pranab S. Mukhopadhyay, IAS Retd.	Former Director, Institute of Port Management, GoI
369	Prasad Subramaniam	Secretary – FSMM
370	Prashant Bhushan	Advocate, Supreme Court
371	Praveer Peter	Jharkhand, Janadhikar Mahasabha
372	Prem Krishan Sharma	Academy for socio legal studies
373	Priyanshu Gupta	Independent researcher
374	Prof Beulah Shekhar	YWCA of India, Department of Criminology, Karunya University Coimbatore.
375	Prof Neera Chandoke	Academic
376	Prof Roopa Rao E	PUCL
377	Prof Rooprekha Verma	Former Vice Chancellor, Lucknow University
378	Prof. Navdeep Mathur	Faculty, IIM Ahmedabad
379	Professor Sushil Khanna	( retd) Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
380	Purnima Upadhyay	Social Activist, Amravati
381	Purwa Kushwaha	Independent
382	Pyoli, Samajwadi	Janparishad
383	Qamar Naqvi	Satya Hindi
384	Radha Holla	Child and Nutrition Expert
385	Radha Khant	PUCL Rajasthan
386	Radha Vallabh Sharma	PUCL Ajmer
387	Radhakant Saxena	PUCL Rajasthan
388	Radheshyam Varma	PUCL Bharatpur
389	Radhika Desai	Hyderabad
390	Raghunandana Sathamarshana	Kannada Poet, Playwright, Stage-Director
391	Raish Khan	PUCL Udaipur
392	Raj Kumari Dogra	NFIW
393	Raj Shekhar	Right to Food Campaign
394	Rajaraman	Rangmatipadar Adivasi Commune, Rayagada, Odisha
395	Rajashri Dasgupta	Independent Journalist
396	Rajeev R. Singh	Independent consultant.
397	Rajeev Singha	UK
398	Rajendra Kuntal	PUCL Bharatpur
399	Rajendra Prasad	Sahmat
400	Rajendran Narayanan	Azim Premji University
401	Rajesh Prasad, IFSm, Retd.	Former Ambassador to the Netherlands
402	Rajesh Singh	Human Rights Activist Delhi
403	Rajiv Dimri	General Secretary, All India Central Council of Trade Unions
404	Rajmohan Gandhi	Formar Governor
405	Rajni Bakshi	Writer
406	Raju Sharma, IAS	Former Member, Board of Revenue, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh
407	Rakhi	CFAR
408	Rakhi Sehgal	Independent
409	Ram Manohar Reddy	The Editor, The India Forum
410	Ram Puniyani	All India Secular Forum Mumbai
411	Rama Melkote	Independent
412	Ramani Venkatesan, IAS Retd.	Former Director General, YASHADA, Govt. of Maharashtra
413	Ramesh Asher	Film Maker
414	Ramesh Nandwana	PUCL Rajasthan
415	Rami Chhabra	Media veteran and social activist
416	Ranjana Padhi	Women’s Activist
417	Ranjit Kaul	Activist
418	Rashid Hussain	Social Activtis
419	Ravi Vira Gupta, IAS	Former Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India
420	Raza Haider	Filmmaker, activist , Delhi
421	Reetika Khera	Academic
422	Rekha Awasthy	Activist
423	Richa Audchiya	Jan Chetna Samiti, Sirohi
424	Rita Brara	Academic
425	Rita Manchanda	Human rights peace advocate
426	Ritu Kapur	The Quint
427	Roda Billimoria Desai	Independent
428	Rohini Hensman	Writer and independent scholar
429	Rohit Parakh	Food Rights Activist
430	Rohit Prajapati	PUCL
431	Rosamma Thomas	Journalist
432	Roshani Pack	Independent
433	Roshmi Goswami	Feminist Activist, Shillong
434	Ruchi Garg	PUCL Bharatpur
435	Rupsa Mallik	Feminist Activist
436	Rushda Siddiqui	NFIW, Delhi
437	S. Vincent Anesthasiar	General Secretary, Justice Peace and Integrity Creation (JPIC)
438	S.K. Guha, IAS, Retd	Former Joint Secretary, Department of Women & Child Development, GoI
439	S.N. Sahu	Activist
440	S.Q.Masood	Social Activist, Hyderabad
441	Sachin Jain	Vikas, MP
442	Sachin Rao	Political Activist
443	Sadaf Jafar	Political Activist
444	Sadhna Arya	University of Delhi
445	Sagari Ramdas	Food Sovereignty Alliance
446	Sahana Kaul	Activist
447	Saheli Women	Saheli resource center for Women, New Delhi NCR
448	Sajha Kadam	Jharkhand
449	Sakina Dhorajiwala	Activist
450	Salim Saboowalla	Independent
451	Sameera Khan	Journalist and Researcher, Mumbai
452	Sameet Panda	Right to food Campaign Odisha
453	Sandeep Bagchee	Retired Officer of the I.A.S.
454	Sandeep Pandey	Socialist Party (India)
455	Sandhya Gokhale	Forum Against Oppression of Women
456	Sangeeta Sahu	Right to Food Campaign, Chhattisgarh
457	Sanjay Mangla Gopal	NAPM
458	Sanjay Sanghvi	Trade Union Centre of India
459	Santosh Sharma	Social Activist, New Delhi
460	Sarah Mathews	Managing Trustee, Sankalp Women’s Support Alliance
461	Sarika Shrivastava	State Secretary, NFIW (M.P.)
462	Sarojini N	Researcher, Public Health
463	Satish Kumar	Centre For Dalit Rights
464	Satya Narayan Mohanty	IAS (Retd.), Former Secretary General, National Human Rights Commission
465	Sawai Singh	Social Activist
466	Sehba Farooqui	AIDWA
467	Sevanti Ninan	Journalist
468	Shabnam Aziz	PUCL
469	Shadan Farasat	Advocate
470	Shaheen Nazar	Delhi
471	Shakuntala Pamecha	Rajasamand Mahila Manch
472	Shalini Gera	Advocate
473	Shalmali Guttal	Researcher
474	Shamsul Islam	Cultural Activist
475	Shantha Sinha	Independent
476	Sharad Raj	Independent Filmmaker
477	Sharanya Nayak	Rangmatipadar Adivasi Commune, Koraput, Odisha
478	Sheba George	Indendent
479	Shikha Sethia	Independent
480	Shirish Patel	Chairman Emeritus, Shirish Patel & Associates, Consulting Civil Engineers
481	Shiv Shankar Mukherjee	IFS (Retd.) Former High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
482	Shiv Shankar Mukherjee, IFS (Retd)	Former High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
483	Shreya Munhot	Advocate
484	Shripad Dharmadhikary	Manthan Adhyayan Kendra, Pune
485	Shubhranshu Choudhary	Independent
486	Sister Carol Geeta	PUCL, Ajmer
487	Smita Gupta	Researcher
488	Smita Premchander	Activist
489	Smriti Nevatia	Researcher-Writer, Film Festival Curator, Bombay
490	Snehal Sinha	Activist
491	Snimer Kaur Sahni	Delhi
492	Solomon David	SJ
493	Soma KP	Independent Researcher
494	Sonal Kellogg	Sabfree Foundation
495	Sonam Chaturvedi	Assistant Lecturer, OP Jindal Global University
496	Srelekha Mukerji	Activist
497	Sruti Bala	Univ of Amsterdam, InSAF India
498	Subbarao Prabhala	Captain S. Prabhala IN (Retd)
499	subhash Gatade,	New Socialist Initiative
500	Subhashini Ali	CPI (M) Politbureau member
501	Subir Sinha	Independent
502	Sudha N	Activist-Researcher, Bangalore
503	Sudhanva Deshpande	Publisher and Theatreperson
504	Suhas Kohelkar	NAPM
505	Sujata Gothoskar	Independent researcher and activist
506	Sujata Gurung Chowdhary	North East Now
507	Sujit Patwardhan	Indendent
508	Suki Iyer	Independent
509	Sukirat Anand	Writer
510	Sukumar Muralidharan	Independent
511	Suman Devathiya	Dalit Women Fight
512	Sumita Mehta	Independent
513	Sumitra Chopra	AIDWA
514	Sundar Burra, IAS, Retd	Former Secretary, Govt. of Maharashtra
515	Suneeta Dhar	Feminist Activist, Delhi
516	Sunil Raj Varisth	PUCL Bharatpur
517	Sunilam	Ex MP and Farmer’s leader
518	Supriya Jan	Right to pee campaign Mumbai
519	Suresh K. Goel, IFS, Retd	Former Director General, Indian Council of Cultural Relations, GoI
520	Surjit K. Das, IAS, Retd	Former Chief Secretary, Govt. of Uttarakhand
521	Sushila Devi	Social Worker, Newc Delhi.
522	Sushmita Jha	Indendent
523	Svati Joshi	Independent
524	Swati Desai	NAPM Gujarat
525	Swati Narayan	Academic
526	Sweta Dash	Academic
527	Sylvia karpagam	Social Activist
528	T. L. PALANI KUMAR	Activist
529	Tanushree Gangoupadhyay	Journalist
530	Tara Ahluwalia	Bal Evam Mahila, Samiti Bhilwara
531	Tara Murali	Architect, Chennai.
532	Thomas Franco	Independent
533	Thomas Pallithanam	Salesian Representative to UN ECOSOC.
534	Tinu Joseph	St.Francis De Sales’ College, Nagpur.
535	Tultul Biswas	MP Mahila Manch
536	Tushar Dhara	Journalist
537	Ujjaini Chatterji	Advocate
538	Ulka Mahajan	Sarvahara Jan Andolan
539	Uma Chakravarty	Historian
540	Vandana Prasad	Child and Nutrition Expert
541	Vanita Nayak Mukherjee	Feminist Activist
542	Vapalla Balachandran, IAS Retd.	Former Special Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, GoI
543	Varsha Bhargavi	Director, WhereAreTheWomen
544	Veena Dwivedi	PUCL Udaipur
545	Veena Gowda	Advocate, Advocate, Mumbai
546	Veena Shatrugna	Former Deputy Director, National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad.
547	Vibha Puri Das, IAS, Retd	Former Secretary, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, GoI
548	Vidhya	Activist, N Delhi
549	Vignesh Vellore	The News minute
550	Vijay Bharatiya	Activist
551	Vijay Lakshmi Joshi	PUCL
552	Vimal Bhai	National Alliance of People’s Movements
553	Vimala Ramachandran	Independent
554	Vineet Tiwari	National Secretary, PWA
555	Vineeta Bal	Pune
556	Vinita Kaul	Activist
557	Vinod C. Khanna, IFS	Former Additional Secretary, MEA, GoI
558	Virginia Saldanha	ICWM
559	Vivan Sundaram	Activits
560	Vivan Sundaram	Art Critic, Delhi
561	Vivek Korde	Activist
562	Vivek Monteiro	CITU
563	VK Cherian	Writer
564	VS Krishna	Human Rights Forum, AP and TN
565	Zal Cowasji	Activist

भारतीय साहित्य को मजबूत करने में युवा की भूमिका अहम- मैथिली लिटरेरी फेस्टिवल

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September 14, 2021

भारतीय साहित्य को मजबूत करने में युवा की भूमिका अहम- मैथिली लिटरेरी फेस्टिवल

नई दिल्ली। कलिंग लिटरेरी फेस्टिवल के तत्वावधान में आयोजित मैथिली लिटरेरी फेस्टिवल के वर्चुअल आयोजन का आगाज सोशल मीडिया के सभी वैश्विक पटल पर बीते दिन 11-12 सितंबर को हुआ।

आयोजक मानते हैं की पूर्ण रूप से युवा पीढ़ी पर केंद्रित इस महत्वपूर्ण आयोजन की रूपरेखा निश्चित रूप से इसे विश्व भर में हो रहे अन्य आयोजनों की तुलना में विशेष बनाती है।

इस कार्यक्रम में कलिंग लिटरेरी फेस्टिवल की ओर से रश्मि रंजन परिदा, सितांसु, एवं आशुतोष ठाकुर के साथ इस आयोजन के संयोजक एवम समन्वयक कृष्ण मोहन ठाकुर भी उपस्थित थे।

रश्मि रंजन परिदा और आशुतोष कुमार ठाकुर ने जानकारी दी कि मैथिली भारत के बिहार और झारखंड राज्यों और नेपाल के तराई क्षेत्र में बोली जाने वाली भाषा है। भारत की लगभग 5.6 प्रतिशत आबादी लगभग 7-8 करोड़ लोग मैथिली को मातृभाषा के रूप में प्रयोग करते हैं। मैथिली बोलने वाले भारत और नेपाल के विभिन्न हिस्सों सहित विश्व के कई देशों में फैले हैं। मैथिली विश्व की सर्वाधिक समृद्ध, शालीन और मिठास पूर्ण भाषाओं में से एक मानी जाती है। मैथिली भारत तथा नेपाल में एक राजभाषा के रूप में सम्मानित है। मैथिली की अपनी लिपि है जो एक समृद्ध भाषा की प्रथम पहचान है। इसकी एक समृद्ध साहित्य का इतिहास रहा है जो इसे संपूर्ण भारतीय भाषाओं के साथ वैश्विक भाषाओं में विशिष्ट बनता है।

पहले दिन उद्घाटन सत्र के साथ ही इस आयोजन की शुरुआत हुई जिसमें वक्ता के रूप में अंतरराष्ट्रीय ख्याति प्राप्त केंद्रीय भारतीय भाषा संस्थान के पूर्व निदेशक उदयनारायण सिंह ‘नचिकेता’ के साथ मैथिली साहित्य के वरिष्ठ साहित्यकार प्रदीप बिहारी, अरविंद ठाकुर, श्री रमेश, रमेश रंजन, महेंद्र नारायण राम एवं मैथिली लेखक संघ के महासचिव विनोद कुमार झा आदि मौजूद थे।

सत्र के संचालक अजीत आजाद द्वारा वक्ताओं से समकालीन साहित्य में युवा के हस्तक्षेप पर अनेक महत्वपूर्ण प्रश्न पूछे गये। वक्ताओं ने अपने वक्तव्य में युवाओं के काबिलियत पर भरोसा जताते हुए कहा कि मैथिली साहित्य का भविष्य आज जिन युवाओं के हाथ में है वह सुदृढ है और निश्चित रूप से एक बेहतर परिणाम की उम्मीद की जा सकती है।

उदय नारायण सिंह ने अपने वक्तव्य में इटली के बीसवीं सदी के प्रसिध्द रचनाकार के मेनिफेस्टो का जिक्र करते हुए कहा कि हम कैसा भविष्य चाहते है और उसके लिए युवाओं को क्या-क्या करना चाहिए?

उद्घाटन सत्र के बाद हुए कविता-विमर्श सत्र में युवा वक्ताओं ने समकालीन कविता के महत्वपूर्ण आयाम पर अपने वक्तव्यों को सामने रखा जिसमें विगत वर्षों में युवा कवि-कवयित्रियों की रचना में आए बिम्ब विधान, छन्द, प्रतीक, अन्तर्लय, चेतना, ग्रामीण और शहरी परिवेश एवं नवताबोध को उनकी रचनाओं के साथ उल्लेख किया। जिसमें वक्ता के रूप में नारायण जी मिश्र, आदित्य भूषण मिश्र, मैथिल प्रशांत एवं पंकज कुमार मौजूद थे। सत्र का संचालन गुंजन श्री ने किया और अध्यक्ष की जिम्मेवारी युवा कवयित्री शारदा झा के हाथों थी।

युवा वक्ताओं ने समकालीन कथा, उपन्यास एवं लघुकथा के विभिन्न आयामों पर अपने महत्वपूर्ण वक्तव्य को रखा, जिससे आगे का मार्ग प्रशस्त होता हुआ दिखा। इस सत्र का संचालन साहित्य अकादमी युवा पुरस्कार से सम्मानित युवा कथाकार सोनू कुमार झा ने किया एवम अध्यक्षता जनकपुर नेपाल की सुपरिचित-सुप्रसिद्ध लेखिका बिजेता चौधरी ने की। वक्ता के रूप में दिलीप कुमार झा, कमलेश प्रेमेंद्र, पंकज प्रियांशु, प्रियरंजन झा एवं शैलेंद्र शैली मौजूद थे।

चौथा सत्र अनुवाद-विमर्श पर आधारित सत्र था, जिसमें वक्ताओं ने अनुवाद के लिए आवश्यक अवयव के साथ व्यवहारिक समस्याओं पर भी अपनी बातों को रखा। साहित्य के अनुवाद से ग्लोबल विलेज की परिकल्पना के साथ जोड़कर इसे एक आवश्यक उपक्रम बताया गया। इस सत्र का संचालन अंशुमान सत्यकेतु ने किया एवम अध्यक्षता की जिम्मेवारी निक्की प्रियदर्शिनी ने बखूबी निभाई। युवा वक्ताओं के रूप में कृष्णानन्द मिश्रा, प्रभात झा, सदरे आलम गौहर, संजय झा, शैलेन्द्र मिश्रा थे।

प्रथम दिन का अंतिम सत्र नाटक-विमर्श को समर्पित था। इस सत्र में नाटक के विभिन्न प्रकार और उसके वर्तमान स्वरूप के साथ निकट भविष्य में उसकी प्रासंगिकता पर बल दिया गया। समकालीन नाटक, नाट्य-आलोचना एवं रंगमंच से जुड़े हुए कई आवश्यक मुद्दों पर एक सार्थक विमर्श किया गया जिससे बहुत सारी बातें सामने आई है जिससे होने वाली समस्याओं के समाधान में अवश्य मदद मिलेगी। इस सत्र का संचालन साहित्य अकादेमी पुरस्कृत ऋषि वशिष्ठ ने किया और अध्यक्षता प्रीति झा की थी। युवा वक्ताओं में आशुतोष अभिज्ञ, अंतेश झा, प्रकाश झा, रंजीत कुमार झा, सागर सिंह आदि मौजूद थे।

मैथिली लिटरेरी फेस्टिवल कलिंग भारतीय साहित्य — मैथिली लिटरेरी फेस्टिवल के प्रतिभागी

समारोह के दूसरे दिन की शुरूआत बाल साहित्य विमर्श सत्र के साथ हुई। इस सत्र में बाल साहित्य की दशा और दिशा दोनों पर वक्ताओं ने अपना पक्ष रखा। समकालीन बाल साहित्य लेखन के लिए आवश्यक बाल मनोविज्ञान पर भी एक सार्थक विमर्श किया गया जिसमें बाल साहित्य के नियमित प्रकाशन के लिए पत्रिका की उपयोगिता पर भी चर्चा हुई। इस सत्र का संचालन जहाँ रूपेश त्योंथ ने किया वहीं अध्यक्ष के रूप में निवेदिता मिश्रा की उपस्थिति थी। युवा वक्ताओं के रूप में अक्षय आनन्द सन्नी, अमित मिश्र, चंदन कुमार झा, मनोज कामत, नारायण झा आदि मौजूद थे।

समकालीन मैथिली साहित्य में सर्वाधिक लिखी जाने वाली रचना ‘कविता’ पर आलोचना की स्थिति पर सार्थक विमर्श के बाद अन्य विद्या जैसे कथा, उपन्यास एवं नाट्य आलोचना की स्थिति की भी समीक्षा की गई। वक्ताओं ने कहा की युवाओं को अगर आलोचना पर अगर कार्य करना है तो निश्चित रूप से मैथिली साहित्य के साथ वैश्विक दृष्टिकोण भी स्पष्ट रहना चाहिए।

आयोजन के अगले सत्र के रूप में गीत-गजल विमर्श था। इस आवश्यक विमर्श सत्र में विद्यापति काल से लेकर वर्तमान समय में गीत-गजल की स्थितियों पर बारीकी से बात की। आज के समय में मैथिली गीत-गजल की वास्तविक स्थिति, समृद्धि, आवश्यक परिवर्तन एवं समस्याओं पर विमर्श किया। सत्र का संचालन साहित्य अकादमी पुरस्कार से पुरस्कृत दीप नारायण विद्यार्थी ने किया, अध्यक्ष के रूप में बिभा झा की उपस्थिति थी। युवा वक्ताओं में आनन्द मोहन झा, किसलय कृष्ण, नवल श्री पंकज, रघुनाथ मुखिया, संस्कृति मिश्र मौजूद थे। सत्र का संचालन मनीष झा ‘बौआ भाइ’ ने किया, वहीं अध्यक्ष के रूप में कामिनी जी उपस्थित थी। इसमें लगभग दर्जन भर से अधिक युवा कवि-कवयित्रियों ने अपनी प्रस्तुति दी।

इस महत्वपूर्ण समारोह का समापन एक सार्थक समीक्षा सत्र के साथ हुआ, जिसमें इस दो दिन के आयोजन में हुए सभी उपक्रमों की समीक्षा की गई और युवा कवियों की उपस्थिति और उपादेयता पर वक्ताओं ने अपने स्पष्ट विचार रखे। वक्ताओं ने कहा कि आज की युवा पीढ़ी जो मैथिली में सक्रिय लेखन कर रही है, निश्चित रूप से उनमें एक अकूत क्षमता नजर आती है जो मैथिली साहित्य को वैश्विक पटल पर स्थापित करने के लिए आवश्यक है। अभिशेष झा ने विद्यापति लिखित समदाउन गाकर इसका समापन किया साथ ही समापन वक्तव्य में कलिंग लिटरेचर फेस्टिवल के सह-स्थापक सितांसु जी एवं सह-निदेशक आशुतोष ठाकुर जी के साथ मैथिली लिटरेरी फेस्टिवल के समन्वयक कृष्ण मोहन ठाकुर जी ने सबके प्रति आभार व्यक्त किया तथा आगे इससे बेहतर करने का भरोसा दिलाया।

इस क्रम में इन्होंने स्वीकार किया कि भारतीय साहित्य को मजबूत करने में भी युवा की भूमिका आवश्यक है। समापन सत्र में वक्ता के रूप में अनमोल झा, अशोक कुमार मेहता, बिनय भूषण ठाकुर, लक्ष्मण झा ‘सागर’, रामकुमार सिंह, सुरेंद्रनाथ आदि मौजूद थे।

एक प्रयोग के तौर पर सभी सत्र की अध्यक्षता मैथिली की महिला लेखिका ने की। यह इस फेस्टिवल का एक खास आकर्षण था।

मैथिली लिटरेरी फेस्टिवल में भारत और नेपाल सहित अन्य देशों के मैथिली साहित्य के युवा रचनाकार मौजूद थे। इसमें साहित्य अकादेमी से पुरस्कृत 10 साहित्यकारों ने अपनी उपस्थिति दी।

साथ ही नेपाल के ख्यातिप्राप्त रचनाकार रमेश रंजन, गजेंद्र गजूर, विद्यानन्द बेदर्दी, दोहा क़तर से बिन्देश्वर ठाकुर सहित कई देशों के युवाओं ने इस आयोजन में वरचुअली अपनी सहभागिता दी।

रश्मि रंजन ने बताया कि, इस वर्ष मैथिली लिटरेरी फेस्टिवल का आयोजन वर्चुअल माध्यम से सफलतापूर्वक संपन्न हुआ। अगले वर्ष से इसका आयोजन मधुबनी में करने की योजना है।

Yogi Adityanath uses Mamata’s Maa flyover pic to show his work done as CM

ScribeShah

September 12, 2021

Yogi Adityanath uses Mamata’s Maa flyover pic to show his work done as CM

Kolkata: Indian Express, in its Sunday edition, published an advertisement of the Uttar Pradesh government which has the title, Transforming Uttar Pradesh under Yogi Adityanath.

But the picture used in the ad, especially that of the flyover is of Kolkata’s Maa Flyover. Significantly, a yellow taxi is also visible plying on the flyover. The yellow colour taxi is probably only run in Bengal and no other parts of India.

The blunder has been pointed out by NDTV’s journalist Alok Pandey, who covers UP.

Alok tweeted, “Dear @myogiadityanath Ji, whoever approved these images, please do tell them the flyover appears to be from Kolkata-the Maa Flyover. I can also spot a yellow taxi. And those tall buildings are the JW Marriot, also in Kolkata and by the same flyover if I am not mistaken (sic).”

The mistake is not simple because of several reasons Bengal and Uttar Pradesh leaders remain at loggerheads. So, using Bengal’s picture, a sign of development in Kolkata, as that of Uttar Pradesh, may cause embarrassment for UP CM Adityanath, who often makes direct attacks on chief minister Mamata Banerjee for lack of development in Bengal.

Rohini Singh, another journalist, who reports and tweets about political developments in UP wrote: “Sadke Bengal Ki, Factory America Ki, Per Vikas UP Ka (Roads belong to Bengal, factories belong to America, but it is a development of UP).”

Rohini later did several tweets in relation to it.

Commenting on one of the tweets of Rohini, Abhishek Banerjee, the national general secretary of Trinamul Congress said, “Transforming UP for @myogiadityanath means stealing images from infrastructure seen in Bengal under @MamataOfficial‘s leadership and using them as his own!”

“Looks like the ‘DOUBLE ENGINE MODEL’ has MISERABLY FAILED in BJP’s strongest state and now stands EXPOSED for all! (sic).”

While Jawhar Sircar, TMC’s Rajya MP told eNewsroom on the ad, “Imitation is the best form of flattery.”

The advertisement has become Sunday topic for Twitteratis.

UP’s former IAS officer Surya Pratap Singh tweeted, Ram Naam Japna, Paraya Maal Apna. A rough translation of it is, recite the name of Ram and own others’ properties.

The way the IT department conducted surveys at NewsClick and Newslaundry are violations of the right to privacy—Digipub

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September 11, 2021

The way the IT department conducted surveys at NewsClick and Newslaundry are violations of the right to privacy—Digipub

Kolkata: The Income Tax (IT) officials’ surveys at two news portals, NewsClick and Newslaundry in Delhi which had started around noon on September 10 and continued till midnight have alarmed the media fraternity including the Digipub News India Foundation and Editors Guild of India because of the way it was conducted.

After a 12-hour long search, which IT officials claimed was a survey, the co-founder of Newslaundry, Abhinandan Sekhri and NewsClick issued statements.

“My phone, laptop and couple of office machines were taken control of and all the data on them downloaded by the IT team,” Abhinandan said in the statement.

“In my understanding, this (taking all data from my laptop and mobile phone) violates my fundamental right to privacy,” added Abhinandan.

It was the second visit by the IT team to the Newslaundry office, earlier in June also, they did it.

A similar statement was issued by NewsClick editors. While searching the NewsClick office, the IT officials, bring its Editor-in-Chief Prabir Purkayastha from his residence to the office, while Prabir was advised by the doctor to remain laying on the bed to give rest to his back.

This was the second such raid at NewsClick too, as, in February, Enforcement Directorate (ED) had conducted five days raid at the office as well as the residence of its editor-in-chief Prabir.

All these have shocked Digipub, the digital-only media association which later issued a statement and said, “Digipub is shocked by the harassment meted out by Income Tax officials to the editors of two publications. The phones and laptops of the editors were impounded and data was cloned. This violates the right to privacy. It also compromises journalistic sources. It is a cause of grave worry that the authorities have potentially gained access to confidential information that the journalists may have privy to their course of work.”

“Newsclick and Newslaundry have always spoken truth to power, frequently publishing works that is critical of the government. In a democracy, journalists have been accorded the role of playing watchdog to the institution of the state. Journalists must be allowed to carry out this vital function, without fear of intimidation and punitive action,” the statement read.

Earlier Editors Guild of India had also expressed concern on the survey and said, “The Editors Guild of India is ‘deeply disturbed’ about the Income Tax “surveys” at the offices of news websites http://NewsClick.in and http://Newslaundry.com.”

What I felt When I entered Delhi’s Brand New Red Mohalla Clinic

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Madan Mohan

September 10, 2021

I grew up in a fairly middle class family. So, when someone in the family fell ill, a quick consultation at a private hospital of minimum repute was sought. AIIMS and Safdarjung referrals were available to us because we happen to know people. Those who couldn’t afford to alight at the driveways of one of the swanky super-specialties, state governments remained a depressing last and perhaps only choice. The sight of patients lying strewn about in passages, the sight of open wounds, the feeling of your loved one lying on a rickety old stretcher, and standing in long queues with sick people in poorly-ventilated spaces made one feel helpless even in the pursuit of revival.

So, when I was driving past Rani Bagh some days ago, I came across a bright red metal container with ‘Aam Aadmi Mohalla Clinic’ stamped on it. At first glance, it appears like an ode to the International Red Cross movement, which opened the world’s eyes towards the right to health. What drew my attention more than the colours red and white was the use of a shipping container. Having been a student of peace and conflict studies, it was common to come across reference papers on refugees from Iraq and Syria being housed in shipping containers in German towns.

An ISO shipping container, by definition, is a standardised steel box that can be repurposed for universal cargo transportation. It is often touted by architects as the potential answer to the global housing problem. Delhi has a migration rate of 43%, of whom 88% are from other states and 63% are from rural areas. This data point was brought to light by Prof. Chinmay Tumbe of IIM Ahmedabad, urban economics expert, as he deconstructed the impact of the migration crisis of 2020 unleashed by the lockdown to contain the Covid-19 crisis in India. But, in Delhi, the problem of housing doesn’t limit itself to well-constructed homes. It is about drainage, sewage, quarrelling road owning agencies and the grey areas of land use rules. However, a neatly cut out container looks like a better deal than slum squalor.

I stepped into the containers, which combined, were the size of half of that of a world-class badminton court. It contains within it – an examination room, a reception and a waiting area and a pharmacy accessible from outside. There’s also a washroom. The insides were air-conditioned and I could feel a happy chill on the medical-grade stainless steel countertops. In a heat-burnt city, an air-conditioned oasis like this one will remain an inviting idea for a long time. The flooring is fashioned out of microbial vinyl, it looks elegant and feels durable, the makers of the clinic have perhaps kept in mind that the floors will face heavy footfall.

The firm that has built this is Architecture Discipline, and the deep red shell of the Clinic adorns its logo. One simple Google Search will tell you that the same firm also made the India Pavilion at the Hannover Messe in 2015. Central and state governments are now engaging experts to envision and execute public welfare projects and it seems the Government of NCT of Delhi has taken such an engagement to a whole new level.

On the question of sustainability, the metal container Mohalla Clinic scores 10/10 because it is made from discarded containers from container yards in Delhi and Haryana. Merely 30 minutes away from Rani Bagh is a place called Mayapuri where a huge scrap industry operates and one visit to this place will leave you blue and black, aside from showing you that repurposing metal is in fact the need of the hour.

In July 2018, a New Delhi-based think tank Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) had released a report titled ‘Clunkered: Combating Dumping of Used Vehicles — A roadmap for Africa and South Asia’, which stressed the need to reinvent the concept of extended producer responsibility making it incumbent upon the manufacturer to take back, recycle and ensure environment friendly disposal of vehicles. It is not merely plastic that is piling up on our land and in our seas but also metal that is dying for a desperate rebirth.

When I stepped out of new red mohalla clinic, and spoke to someone from the Delhi Government right outside, I was told that these clinics are pre-fabricated and the lights, electric and furnishing fixtures are pre-installed, which means the on-site construction is minimal. That is when I realised the true potential of this technique in taking healthcare to every single mohalla in India. Imagine little towns in Uttar Pradesh and tapering roads that lead to them, imagine dense slum pockets in Mumbai, imagine hilly areas in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh where construction is both a boon and a curse, these easy-to-transport hospitals can spring up easily.

This new Mohalla Clinic has made driving around West Delhi in pandemic times a little less monotonous. Public Healthcare infrastructure can serve a purpose greater than curing patients, it can restore a nation’s pride.

If Minerals Of Jharkhand Are Sold Like This, There Won’t Be Anything Left For Next Generation: Rahul Basu

ScribeShah

September 9, 2021

If Minerals Of Jharkhand Are Sold Like This, There Won’t Be Anything Left For Next Generation: Rahul Basu

Ranchi: “Mining is the sale of the family gold. All over the world, politicians and miners collaborate to extract and sell the inherited minerals for peanuts, which are then consumed. We are becoming poorer. This is unsustainable,” Rahul Basu, Research Director at Goa Foundation told in Ranchi

Basu gave a public lecture on the topic Jharkhand’s minerals is our Jaydaad: how can we protect our family good? at Xavier Institute of Social Service, Ranchi on Thursday.

“State government is not someone who owns the minerals but it is custodian of the minerals which needs to be passed on to the next generation. Citizens also need to understand that if you sell all the minerals then what they will give to their future generations,” said Basu while empathetically appealing to people of Jharkhand to start talking about the loot of their minerals.

Basu has been advocating for treating minerals as intergenerational equity and fighting for Goans to have the share of iron ore mining since the resources belong to the citizens.

Giving an example of Goa, he explained how the state lost 95% of the revenue from iron ore mining over 8 years(2004-2012), incurring a loss of over Rs 50,000 crore. If the revenue from the mineral was put in an endowment fund, attracting an interest of 3% percent adjusting the inflation and other costs, every citizen of Goa would have been getting Rs 1000 per month. But now that money is gone benefiting a very few people.

To address the problem of plundering of minerals, Basu proposed a solution:

Minerals are a Shared Inheritance – 5 principles

1. Natural resources are a commons, owned by the state as trustee for the people and esp. future generations (Public Trust Doctrine)
2. Minerals are inherited assets and we are simply custodians for future generations (Intergenerational Equity Principle)
Consider inherited gold. If we keep it safe, our children can inherit the gold. If we sell gold to purchase land (which provides income), we must ensure we get the full value, and invest everything in land. If there’s income after maintaining the land, we can consume it. Our children will inherit the land and benefit from the income in turn. Intergenerational equity. By extension:
3. If we mine, we must ensure Zero loss – we must get the full value of mineral (sale price minus extraction expenses and a reasonable return on capital for the miner)
4. All mineral receipts saved in a Permanent Fund (endowment fund), a part of the commons.
5. We own the minerals, the fund and its income. Any real income (after reinvesting for inflation) be distributed only as a Citizens’ Dividend, a right of ownership.

The public lecture was attended by Jean Dreze, an economist and visiting professor at Ranchi university, who appreciated the ideas presented by Basu and said that seeing minerals as intergenerational equity will at least slow down the way resources like coals and bauxite are being plundered in the state.

Basu gave examples of Norway and Alaska, where in certain form the concept of intergenerational equity has been put in place benefiting the citizens. Currently, Norway, a country with a population of 5 million people, is sitting on an intergenerational fund of over 1.4 trillion dollars created from selling the north-sea oil which is double the forex reserve of India.

The audience welcomed the ideas shared by Basu and believed a movement is needed in the state so that the minerals are treated as a shared inheritance rather than a way to earn revenue.

From Sonu Sood, Gulzar, Amitav Ghosh to Shashi Tharoor, a glittering list of authors to be awarded at KLF 2021

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September 9, 2021

From Sonu Sood, Gulzar, Amitav Ghosh to Shashi Tharoor, a glittering list of authors to be awarded at KLF 2021

Kolkata: In recent times, Bollywood actor Sonu Sood, made it to the headlines for helping the poor migrant workers and for his philanthropic works. He was so active in helping the migrants during Covid-19’s first wave that he was termed as Messiah by many. But the actor was in no mood to be termed as the messiah, so he co-authored with journalist Meena Iyer a book, I Am No Messiah. The debut book by the actor has now been selected for the Kalinga Book Awards.

This year’s Kalinga Book Awards has been announced by the Kalinga Literary Festival, the authors selected for the award includes poet Gulzaar, politician Shashi Tharoor, author Amitava Ghosh, Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar, former governor and ex-diplomat Gopalkrishna Gandhi.

Significantly, senior journalist and political analyst Rasheed Kidwai who authored many political memoirs like Sonia, a Biography; 24 Akbar Road; Neta Abhineta, The House of Scindia and now written his first Hindi book Bharat Ke Pradhan Mantri, and Shirish Khare whose Ek Desh Barah Dunia is getting rave review are among the winners.

The annual Kalinga Literary Festival (KLF) which has been organized for seven years now but because of Covid-19 restrictions could not get held physically in 2020 will be organized at Bhubaneswar on 10, 11, and 12 December this year.

“KLF Book Awards jury members have chosen the best thought-provoking contributions across different categories published during 2020-21. The objective is to contribute to debates and discourses in the national and global public sphere and encourage more thoughtful, reflective, unique and inspiring contributions. Dedicated sessions on these books by the authors and erudite reviewers to conduct intellectual discussions at the Kalinga Literary Festival,” said Rashmi Ranjan Parida, founder and director of KLF.

Besides the annual programme being organised under the aegis of KLF, it has three other popular festivals in its fold: Mystic Kalinga Festival, Kandhamal Literary Festival and Maithili Literary Festival.

KLF Book Awards: Complete list of winners. Categories & Selected Titles for the year 2020-21

KLF Fiction Book of the Year Award 2020-21 (5):

I. Jahnavi Baruah’s “Undertow”, Penguin Random House India (2020)

II. Namita Gokhale and Malashri Lal’s “Betrayed by Hope: A Play on the Life of Michael Madhusudan Dutt”, HarperCollins India (2020)

III. Tarana Husain Khan’s “The Begum and the Dastan”, Tranquebar, Westland (2021)

IV. Ashwani Sanghi’s “The Vault of Vishnu”, Westland (2020)

V. Ashok Kaul’s “Undercover in Bandipore”, Vitasta Publishing Pvt Ltd (2020)

KLF Non-fiction Book of the Year Award 2020-21 (7):

I. Sandeep Bamzai’s “Princestan: How Nehru, Patel and Mountbatten Made India”, Rupa Publications (2020)

II. Shashi Tharoor & Samir Saran’s “The New World Disorder”, Aleph Book Company (2020)

III. Vinay Sitapati’s “Jugalbandi: The BJP Before Modi”, Penguin Viking-Penguin Random House India (2020)

IV. Pavan K Varma’s “The Great Hindu Civilisation: Achievement, Neglect, Bias and the Way Forward”, Westland (2021)

V. T M Krishna’s “A Brief History of Mrdangam Makers”, Context, Westland (2020)

VI. Ashutosh Bhardwaj’s “The Death Script”, HarperCollins India (2020)

VII. Prem Prakash’s “Reporting India”, Ebury Press, Penguin Random House India (2020)

KLF Poetry Book of the Year Award 2020-21 (5):

I. Gulzar’s “A Poem a Day”, HarperCollins India (2020)

II. Abhay K’s “Kalidasa: Meghduta-The Cloud Messenger” & “Kalidasa: Ritusamhara-The Six Seasons” (Jointly), Bloomsbury (2021)

III. Greta Rana’s “From Castleford to Kathmandu”, Vajra Books (2021)

IV. Basant Chaudhary’s “Anek Pal aaur Mai”, Vani Prakashan (2021)

KLF Hindi Book of the Year Award 2020-21 (5):

I. Neelakshi Singh’s “Khela”, Setu Prakashan (2021)

II. Alka Saraogi’s “Kulbhooshan Ka Naam Darj Kijiye”, Vani Prakashan (2020)

III. Mamta Kalia’s “Ravi Katha: Andaaz-E-Bayan Urf Ravi Katha”, Vani Prakashan (2020)

IV. Praveen Kumar Jha’s “Wah Ustad”, Rajpal & Sons (2020)

V. Shirish Khare’s “Ek Desh Barah Duniya”, Rajpal & Sons (2021)

KLF Book in Translation of the Year Award 2020-21 (1):

I. Perumal Murugan’s “Estuary”-Translated by Nandini Krishnan, Eka, Westland (2020)

KLF Bhasa Award 2020-21 (1):

I. Manoranjan Byapari’s “The Runaway Boy”, Eka, Westland (2020)

KLF Debut Book Award 2020-21 (1):

I. Sonu Sood & Meena Iyer’s “I am no Messiah”, Penguin eBury Press (2020)

KLF Business Book of the Year Award 2020-21 (3):

I. R C Bhargava’s “Getting Competitive: A Practitioner’s Guide for India”, HarperCollins India (2020)

II. Urjit Patel’s “Overdraft”, HarperCollins India (2020)

III. Tamal Bandyopadhyay’s “Pandemonium: The Great Indian Banking Tragedy”, Roli Books (2020)

KLF Diplomacy/Strategic Affairs Book of the Year Award 2020-21 (3):

I. S Jaishankar’s “The India Way: Strategies for an Uncertain World”, HarperCollins India (2020)

II. Zorawar Daulet Singh’s “Powershift: India-China Relations in a Multipolar World”, Pan Macmillan (2020)

III. Subramanian Swamy’s “Himalayan Challenge: India, China and the Quest for Peace”, Rupa Publications (2020)

KLF Environmental Book of the Year Award 2020-21 (2):

I. Shekhar Pathak’s “Hari Bhari Ummid”, Vani Prakashan (2020)/ The Chipko Movement: A People’s History, Permanent Black (2020)

II. Amitav Ghosh’s “Jungle Nama”, Fourth Estate India-HarperCollins India, (2021)

KLF Women/Dalit/Tribal/Minorities Literature Award 2020-21 (5):

I. Gopinath Mohanty’s “Harijan: A Novel”-Translated by Bikram Das, Aleph Book Company (2021)

II. Sudarshan Ramabadran and Guru Prakash Paswan’s “Makers of Modern Dalit History”, Penguin Random House India (2021)

III. A Plate of White Marble (Shwet Patharer Thala) by Bani Basu (Translated by Nandini Guha), Niyogi Books (2020)

IV. Pradeep Srivastav’s “Ramvilas Paswan: Sankalp, Sahas aaur Sangharsh”, Penguin Random House India (2020)

V. Shafey Kidwai’s “Sir Syed Ahmad Khan: Reason, Religion and Nation”, Routledge (2021)

KLF Biography/Autobiography Book of the Year Award 2020-21 (5):

I. Tenzin Geyche Tethong’s “His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama: An Illustrated Biography”, Roli Books (2020)

II. Gopalkrishna Gandhi’s “Restless as Mercury: My Life as a Young Man Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi”, Aleph Book Company (2021)

III. Yatindra Mishra’s “Akhtari: The Life and Music of Begum Akhtar”, HarperCollins India (2021)

IV. Rasheed Kidwai’s “Bharat Ke Pradhan Mantri”, Rajkamal Prakashan (2021)

V. John Zubrzycki’s The House of Jaipur: The Inside Story of India’s Most Glamorous Royal Family, Juggernaut (2020)

KLF Children Book of the Year Award 2020-21 (2):

I. Ruskin Bond’s “Miracle at Happy Bazaar: My Best Stories for Children”, Aleph Book Company (2020)

II. Sudha Murthy’s “Grandparents’ Bag of Stories”, Puffin, Penguin Random House India (2020)

KLF Sports Book of the Year Award 2020-21 (1):

I. Ramachandra Guha’s “The Commonwealth of Cricket”, HarperCollins India (2020)

KLF Lifestyle & Emerging Trend Book Award 2020-21(1):

I. Rujuta Diwekar’s “Eating in the Age of Dieting”, Westland (2020)

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