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Sahitya
Akademi is aware of cultural and linguistic difference and does
not believe in a forced standardisation of culture through a
bulldozing of levels and attitudes. At the same time, it is also
conscious of the deep inner cultural, spiritual, historical and
experiential links that unify India's diverse manifestations
of literature. Inspite of the pan-Indian character of our literature, writers and readers in one language know very little of what is being written in the neighbouring linguistic area. It is, therefore, necessary to devise methods by which Indian writers may come to know each other, cross the barriers of language and script, and appreciate the immense variety and complexity of their country's literary heritage.  Sahitya Akademi's programmes are so designed as to heighten literary awareness among the common readers, to provide a platform of dialogue for writers of various languages, to create opportunities for academics to discuss issues of literature and aesthetics, to encourage critics to reassess their canons, methodologies and tools of analysis and re-evaluate classical, medieval and modern authors' texts and trends and to bring the readers face to face with established as well as upcoming authors. Sahitya Akademi holds, on an average, one hundred and fifty literary programmes and activities of various types and scales. Annual seminars in each of the 22 recognised languages are held following the suggestions from the 22 language advisory boards - consisting of ten significant writers / scholars / critics from each - whose constitution changes every five years. These boards also suggest National Seminars on certain important themes or on writers and texts whose centenaries, bicentenaries etc. are being celebrated in a particular year. There are also regional Seminars suggested by the four Regional Advisory Panels where the accent is on comparative literature |
and criticism. International Seminars involving scholars from abroad are also held at regular intervals as those held in recent years on 'Narratives', on 'Indology at Crossroads', on 'The Ramayana Tradition' and on 'Mirza Ghalib's Worlds'. Symposia on topics and authors of contemporary relevance and workshops on genres and for inter-language translations are also held from time to time. There has recently been a special emphasis on tribal and folk literatures and the new literatures of the marginalised sections meant to make our programmes more democratic and to share popular concerns. We are also trying to carry our programmes and activities to the interior parts of the country. Besides Seminars, Symposia and Workshops, the Akademi's programmes include Meet the Author, Samvad, Kavisandhi, Kathasandhi, Men and books, Through my Window, Mulakat, Asmita, Antaral, Avishkar, Loka: The Many Voices , Seminars, Samvatsar Lectures, Workshops on, Literary Translations, Travel Grants to Authors,
Cultural Exchange Programmes, etc.. |
| WRITERS WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN ASMITA PROGRAMME
SINCE OCTOBER 1999page up |
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| Date | Occasion | Venue |
| To be decided | Tamil writers: Ms. Kutty Revathy, Leena Manimekalai and Ms. Krushangini to participate. |
To be decided |
| To be decided | Malayalam writers: Ms. Vijayalakshmi, Ms. Savithri Rajeevan and Ms. Lalitha Lenin to participate. | To be decided |
| 20 September 2005 | Bengali working class writers - Ms. Madan Datta, Ms. Ansaruddin, Ms. Binod Bera and Ms. Abdul Jabbar participated. |
Kolkata |
| 3 July 2005 | A programme was held in collaboration with Rajasthani Yuva Lekhak Sangh, Bikaner. Smt. Sharada Krishna, Smt. Suman Vyas, Smt. Santosh Maya Mohan and Smt. Pushplata Kashyap participated. | Bikaner |
| 6 May 2005 | A programme was held with Punjabi Women Writers in which Smt. Charanjit Kaur, Smt. Kamal, Smt. Balwinder Kaur Bariars, Ms. Nirpaljit Kaur Josan, Smt. Jaswinder Kaur Bindra and Smt. Amarjeet Kaur participated. | New Delhi |
| 22 February 2005 | A Programme Was Held In Collaboration With Dogri Sanstha, Jammu. Smt. Padma Sachdev, Ms. Santosh Sangara, Ms. Santosh Khajuria And Ms. Usha Vyas Participated. A Dogri Novel Ikk He Suggi By Padma Sachdev Was Released By Sri Harsh Dev Singh, Minister Of Education, J & K State. Professor S.S. Joshi, An Eminent Linguist, Presided. Professor Lalit Mangotra, Convener Of Dogri Advisory Board Of The Akademi Spoke In The Programme. | Jammu |
| 23 December 2004 | Ms. Manorama Bishwal Mahapatra (Oriya), Ms. Kamal Kumar (Hindi) And Ms. Savita Singh (Hindi) Participated In A Programme. | New Delhi |
| 27 September 2004 | A programme was held with Nicobarese and Andamanese litterateurs in collaboration with Anthropological Survey of India, Port Blair. Professor Ram Kapse, Hon'ble Lt. Governor, was the Chief Guest. | Port Blair |
| 9 August 2004 | A programme was held in collaboration with Kashmir Women's College of Education. The programme was presided over by young lady poet, Rafeeqa Bashir, Mohtarma Atiqa Bano, Principal of the College was the chief guest and ex-convener, Kashmiri Advisory Board, Sahitya Akademi, was the guest of honour. Mohammad Zaman Azurdah, introduced the programme. The women poets-Rafeeqa Bashir, Seema Shah, Firdousa Raina, Zeba Zeenath, Rubhsana ji, Sofi Arifa Arwal, Tanzeema Shafi, Masooda Qureshi-presented their latest poems. Muhammad Ahsan Ahsan, proposed a vote of thanks. | Srinagar |
4 August 2004 |
Sheela Kolambkar and Nayana Adarkar participated in a programme held in collaboration with Dnyanprassarak Mandal. | Goa |
| 9 July 2004 | Chaitali Chattopadhyay participated in a programme. | Kolkata |
| 4 February 2004 | A programme was held in collaboration with Book Sellers' and Publishers Guild. Smt. Anupama Basumatari (Assamese), Smt. Barkanya Devi (Manipuri), Smt. Gita Upadhyaya (Nepali) and Smt. Malika Sengupta (Bengali), read their poems. Sri Dibyendu Palit presided. | Kolkata |
| 16 December 2003 | Razio Raj and Deepa Aggarwal, young Indian poets in English, participated in a programme. | New Delhi |
| 24 November 2003 | Dr. Shashi Pathania, Smt. Sudesh Raj and Smt. Krishna Prem participated in a programme. | Jammu |
| 6 August 2003 | A programme was held in which eminent fiction writer Sivakami, Sivasankarai and noted poets Ilampirai and Vaikai Selvi participated. | Chennai |
| 18 July 2003 | A programme was held in collaboration with Manipur State Kala Akademi, Imphal, in which Sunita Ningombam, N. Devajani Devi, S. Belashini Devi, H. Satyabati Devi, H. Benubala Devi and Th. Bimabati Devi participated. Sri Kh. Prakash Singh was the chief guest and Dr. Ch. Jamini Devi presided over the function. | Manipur |
| 9 July 2003 | An evening of readings with Maitreyee Pushpa and Kusum Ansal, well-known Hindi fiction writers. | New Delhi |
| 26 May 2003 | Ms. Manonya Desai (Gujarati), Sunanda Bhosekar (Marathi), Gagan Gill (Hindi) and Rashmi Ramani (Sindhi) participated. | Mumbai |
| 6-7 February 2003 | A two-day programme was held in collaboration with the Karnataka Women Writers' Association, Bangalore and the Post-Graduation Centre of Gulbarga University, Nandihalli, Sandur. | Nandihalli |
| 9 November 2002 | An evening of poetry with Anubhuti Chaturvedi (Hindi) and Manorama Biswal Mohapatra (Oriya). | New Delhi |
| 14 July 2002 | A programme was held in collaboration with Karimganj Little Magazine Literary Club. | Karimganj |
| 29 January 2002 | A programme was held in collaboration with Lokwangmaya Griha. Saroop Dhruva, Arundhati Subramaniam, Anamika and Neeraj participated. | Mumbai |
| 29 April 2002 | Three Women poets Chandrakanta (Hindi), J. Bhagyalakshmi (Telugu) and Sujata Chaudhry (Oriya) participated. | New Delhi |
| 10 February 2002 | Rashmi Ramani participated. | Jaipur |
| 20 January 2002 | Santali women writers : Madhumita Hansda, Tangin Paora Baskey, Khuku Hansda and Prabti Murmu participated. | Purulia |
| 4 February 2001 | Ms. Rashmi Ramani participated in the programme organised in collaboration with Sindhi Adabi Circle. | Adipur |
| 21 January 2001 | Reading by Konkani writers in a Programme held in collaboration with Konkani Bhasha Mandal.. | Goa |
| 19 January 2001 | Story reading by Tamil and Malayalam writers. | Chennai |
| 5 December 2000 | An evening of poetry with young poets - B.T. Lalitha Naik Sukanya Marathi and T.C. Purnima ( all Kannada poets ) and Sanskritram Desai (Gujarati poet) | Bangalore |
| 14 November 2000 | With the participation of Malati Pattanshetty, Bharati Hiremath, Kamala Hemmige and others | Gadag (Karnataka) |
| 23 September 2000 | Indian Women Writings : Studies in Comparison in Collaboration with Bethune College | Kolkata |
| 26 June 2000 | Six women writers - Smt. Kalyani Bhattacharya, Smt. Jaya Goala, Smt. Panchali Deb Barma, Smt. Soma Gangopadhyay and Smt. Lachhmi Bhattacharya - read their stories | Agratala |
| 27 February 2000 | Readings by Smt. Memchoubi Devi, Ms. Ibemhal Devi, Smt. Borkanya Devi, Smt. Devayali Devi (Manipuri Poets) in collaboration with Writers Association Kakchang | Kakchang |
| 30 January 2000 | Reading and
interaction with Smt. Prativa Satpathy, Ms Aprna Mohanty, Smt.
Binapani Panda, and Smt. Pushpanjali Nayak, (Oriya poets) in
collaboration with Cultural Academy, Rourkela |
Rourkela |
| 10 November 1999 | An evening of readings and conversations with Smt. Yashodara Mishra (Oriya fictionist) and Smt Mallika Sengupta (Bengali poet) | New Delhi |
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