Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said that our government is committed to the preservation and promotion of literature and culture. We have started the work of honoring outstanding litterateurs in the state through ‘Uttarakhand Sahitya Gaurav Samman’. We are also providing grants to litterateurs under the ‘Financial Assistance Scheme for Publication of Books in Various Languages’.
The Chief Minister said that our government is also working to honor outstanding litterateurs of the state with ‘Sahitya Bhushan’ and ‘Life Time Achievement’ awards. Under which recently we have announced to provide honorarium of five lakh rupees each. We are also organizing various competitions and programs to attract the younger generation towards literature, so that they can connect with their cultural and literary heritage and contribute to taking it forward. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami was addressing the Dera Kavi Sammelan organized by QUA at Himalayan Cultural Center, Garhi Cantt Dehradun on Saturday.
Poets are not only creators of words – CM Dhami
Welcoming all the poets including eminent poet Dr. Kumar Vishwas present in the Kavi Sammelan, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said that poets are not only creators of words but they are also thinkers, guides and motivators of the society and their poems work to show the mirror to the society. When the society is surrounded by complications, then the poets not only work to show a new direction to the society with their writings, but also try to bring positive change in the society.
The holy land of Devbhoomi has been a wonderful center of creativity for centuries
The Chief Minister said that India’s freedom movement also gained momentum only when our poets and creators inspired the countrymen to play an active role in the freedom movement through their creations. The Chief Minister said that this holy land of our Devbhoomi has been a wonderful center of creativity for centuries, where the light of ideas has inspired the society in every era. Whether it is Ayodhya Singh Upadhyay Hariaudh or Sumitranandan Pant, Girda or Nagarjun, the works of all these written in the valleys of Uttarakhand still resonate in our hearts. In Devbhoomi Uttarakhand, on one hand, the heights of new ideas are born from the high peaks of the Himalayas and the rhythm of poetry is hidden in the gurgling of the rivers.
On this occasion, Bharat Kukreti, Mayank Agarwal, Ashutosh, Kushal Kushalendra, Sudeep Bhola, Ms. Kavita Tiwari, Ramesh Muskan and representatives of Quaa organization and a large number of spectators were present.