An Invitation to POETS- Harvard Poetry Reading

"India Poetry Reading" event
Sunday, May 15, 2011, 3:00 PM
Location: Hall A of Harvard University Science Center, 1 Oxford St., Harvard University, Cambridge.

Original poems or material from the classics on the theme topic in any language are invited for recitation.

Sunday, May 15, 2011, 3:00 PM
Hall A, Harvard University Science Center
1 Oxford Street, Cambridge

Contact: B. Misra, bmisra@fas.harvard.edu
C Gopinath: cgopinath2000@yahoo.com
C Shah: chandu420@gmail.com

URL: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~sanskrit/outreach

Poets of all ages are invited to read original compositions or share segments of classical literature in the gathering.  Compositions and readings in all languages are invited on the theme topic. A brief translation or summary in English is desired.

Some of the poets who have participated in the past include; Pramod Thaker (Gujarati); Champa Bilwakesh;; Manjusree Sen (Bengali); Ajit Chaddha (Punjabi); Shiva Gautam (Nepali); Achyut Adhikary (Nepali); Harsh Mehta (Gujarati); Michele Jankowski-Smith (English), Uma Nelaiappan (Tamil), Edith Parekh (English) Laxman (Sanskrit) P M John (Malayalam), Bijoy Misra (Oriya), Sajjad Kamal (English), Niranjan Dudani (English), Maya De (Bengali), Alok De (Bengali), Rahul Ray (Bengali), Satyapriya Sarkar (Bengali), Subhash Sehgal(Hindi), Raju Sivasankaran (Tamil), Jayanto De (Bengali) Reshma Singh (Punjabi), Jaspal Singh (Hindi), Masood Khan (English), Naseem (Bengali), Anila Asghar (Urdu), Pratyush Bharati (Urdu), Chandrakant Shah (Gujarati), Sapna Ray, Arjun Ray; Raju Chaddha (Punjabi); Nasim Badiuzzaman; Professor C. Gopinath; Kevin McGrath; Arjuna Ray (Bengali); Jayant Dave (Gujarati) Rekha Upadhyaya (Gujarati); Bijoy Misra (Oriya) with Concluding Remarks by Brother Blue who has attended all 12 previous readings. The reading concludes with a vote of thanks by Dr. Bijoy Misra.

For any further information and participation please contact Dr. Bijoy Misra, Convener, Outreach Committee of the Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies at Harvard University.  He can be reached by email at bmisra@fas.harvard.edu  or by phone at 781.259.0029.  The Gujarati poet of eminence Sri Chandrakant Shah will help coordinate the event.  He may be contacted at chandu420@gmail.com  or by phone at 781.983.4941. The event notification of the Department can be viewed for participation at http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~sanskrit/event.html.

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