15th Edition of Vichar Kala sangam held

PR, KalimNews, Gangtok, March 9: Vichar Kala Sangam, a literary platform for the aspiring youths completed its 15th episode with the commingling of literary dialogue, recitation of poems and songs by literary and art aspirants. 

The programme was chaired by Arjun Piyush( Senior Journalist) and had the presence of Deepa Rai (noted Artist/poet) as the Chief Guest. The programme was also attended by President of Press Club of Sikkim, Bhim Rawat and Gen. Secretary, Joseph Lepcha. The programme started with poetry recitation in English and Nepali by Samir Hang Limboo as he metaphorically narrated an English poem on the beauty of a lady laying stress on “Art for Art’s sake”. 

Dweep Mustang recited translated English poems from Prabin Khaling’s sequel of Nepali poems entitled Rain V, Rain I and Love I. The Chief Guest of the event Deepa Rai also read an untitled Nepali poem which portrayed the dogma of women in the present society. The poetry recitation ended with the Nepali poetry recitation by Prabin Khaling as his poems entitled Jhari IX (Rain IX), Atteri (Adamant), Farak (Difference) and Sankalpit Pourakh (Determined Hardwork) exposed the bucolic life in the country side, quest for salvation and the mentality of our society. 

Menuka Pandey and Senior Journalist Neeta Nirash refreshed the crowd, the former with her songs and the latter with her recital of jokes. There also led to an intense discussion on Language and the gradual decrease in the quality of Nepali language used in Radio, FM, Television and Media. Rupesh Sharma and Arjun Piyush (both senior journalist) stressed on the usage of proper Nepali terminology and nuances in order to protect the nature of word from getting diminished. The 15th edition of Vichar kala Sangam was conducted by Bishal Gurung and concluded with a vote of thanks by Joseph Lepcha.