75 litterateurs pay tribute to 75 great heroes of the country

Literature a medium of public awareness: Mamata Kalia

Mail News Service

Jamshedpur, August 24: International e-magazine ‘Grihaswamini’ and World Rights Forum joined hands and organized a programme over 75 consecutive days where 75 litterateurs paid literary tributes 75 great heroes of the country during the celebration of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav on the occasipon of 75 years of independence. The tributes came in the form of a programme entitled, ‘Bharat Ke Mahanayak: Gathawali Freedom Se… of progress.’

During the online closing ceremony, senior litterateur Mamta Kalia was the chief guest along with former Chief Secretary of the Government of Karnataka Neerja Rajkumar and retired IAS Dr Amita Prasad shared their experiences. This 75 day long series saw 75 eminent litterateurs saluting the heroes of freedom. The series was broadcast on Facebook live and shared on e-magazine ’Grihaswamini’ through the continuous 75 day session at 8 pm between june and August, ’22.

Chief Guest and eminent litterateur Mamta Kalia observed, ”Literature should be made a medium of public awareness and the youth and litterateurs can engage in the work of repairing the internal breakdowns of society with their expressions and speech. The more newspapers and magazines there are for the development of society, the more help will there be in public awareness.”

Neerja Rajkumar stated that India had taken long and positive strides in the realms of achievements in the forms of allround development and was forging ahead with determination. He said that the tag of ’Ghulam Bharat’ had long been yanked off. Amita Prasad said that the new generation was not afraid of any obstacle as it had the potential to reach Planet Mars.

The program was conducted by Tripti Mishra and the vote of thanks was offered by Arpana Sant Singh.  Apart from the Indian representation in the 75 day programme, more than 85 litterateurs from countries like America, Britain, Australia, Africa, Qatar, UAE  and other countries pooled in their literary views to add glitter to this exciting event.