NORTH BENGAL LITERATURE FESTIVAL 2016 HELD AT ISLAMPUR TODAY

TNI News Service (TNS)

Webdesk, TNI Islampur, 15^th May, 2016: Today the International North Bengal Literature Festival was organized at the Municipal Bhawan located at Islampur Bus Terminus area. The festival was organized in the context of the 7th Anniversary of “Robbarer Sahitya Adda” and the Diamond Jubilee of “Islampur Mahakuma Sahitya Charcha”. In the festival, dignitaries came from the various part of the country along with Nepal and Bangladesh. Notingly, last year too the festival saw the participation from Bangladesh and USA. In the festival, there was felicitation program for the various known and unknown poets and novelists. Many book stalls were put up in the premises. The festival was inaugurated by the renowned poet and writer of Islampur Mr. Nishi Kanta Sinha. In the festival, there was a live interaction session on Children literature and also competition. Srijan Awards 2016 were provided to Nepal’s Rrishav Ghimirey, Rajendra Gurghai, Subhadra Bhattarai; Bangladesh’s Saroj Deb, Sayada Rukh Sana Zaman Sanu and India’s Brindaban Ghosh, Asesh Roy, Pushpita Mandal and others. The main highlight of the festival was the launching of Bangladesh’s Poet and Writer Sayaida Rukh Sana Zaman Sanu’s Poetry book ‘Valobasha’.

Input & Photo: Dipankar Dey (Islampur)