MEET THE POET WITH UKTAMOY AT SAHITYA ACADEMY DELHI

VICE PRESIDENT SAHITYA ACADEMY DR. SUTINDER SINGH NOOR HAS STARTED AT LARGE VARIATED PROGRAMMES OF LITERARY INTERACTION WITH WRITERS FROM ALL OVER INDIA AND ABROAD. IN THIS CHAIN OF PROGRAMMES LITERARY FORUM, SAHITYA ACADEMY NEW DELHI ORGANISED A POETRY RECITATION PROGRAMME FOR THE POETESS UKTAMOY FROM UZBEKISTAN, ON 17TH NOVEMBER, 2009 AT RABINDRA BHAWAN , MANDI HOUSE, NEW DELHI.
IT WAS A WELL DESIGNED PROGRAMME . IN THE START DR. NOOR DISCUSSED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF INTERACTING WITH THE FORIGN WRITERS. THEN HE TOLD ABOUT THE LONG AND DEEP HISTORICAL ROUTS THAT MAKE A LINK BETWEEN UZBEKISTAN AND INDIA.
UKTAMOY ALSO IN HER SPEECH GAVE A GIST OF THE CULTURAL, LITERARY AND HISTORICAL RELATIONS BETWEEN BOTH COUNTRIES. IN LITERATURE AND POLITICS SHE MENTIONED THE NAMES OF JAWAHAR LAL NEHRU, SHRI LAL BAHADUR SHASHTRI AND MRS. INDIRA GANDHI FORMER PRIME MINISTERS OF INDIA. SHE TOLD OF SCHOOLS,AND ROADS ARE IN THE NAME OF THESE POLICAL ICONS FROM INDIA. SHE ALSO TALKED OF ZULFIA KHANUM AND AMRITA PRITAM, RABINDER NATH TAGORE AND MANY OTHERS FROM THE GALLAXY OF INDIAN WRITERS.
THEN SHE RENDERED HER 5 POEMS IN UZBEK AND SWARNJIT SAVI RENDERED THE PUNJABI TRANSLATIONS OF THESE POEMS. FOR THE TRANSLATIONS OF UKTAMOY'S SPEECH AND OTHER STATEMENTS OR ANSWERS SAHITYA ACADEMY DEPUTED DR. SHAHID TASLEEM FROM JAMIA UNIVERSITY AND MISS ELMIRAH FROM DELHI UNIVERSITY, WHO DID THEIR JOB TO EXECELLENCY DURING THE PROGRAMME.
UKTAMOY PRESENTED BEAUTIFUL UZBEK OVERDRESS TO DR. S S NOOR AND THE NEW BOOK OF UKTAMOY "PICTURE OF MISSING' WAS ALSO RELEASED .
SEE SOME PICTURES OF THE EVENT . AMONG THE ESTEEMED AUDIENCE DR. VANITA, DR. RAWAL SINGH, SECRETARY PUNJABI ACADEMY DELHI AND MANY WRITERS FRON ALL INDIAN LANGUAGES WERE PRESENT .