The Fertile Brains in association with YUVATI and TWD organized a virtual poetic congregation with illustrious and esteemed luminaries making the event memorable and outstanding.
Prasanna Kkumar,Sunita Hussain, Shilpa A Shah, Jayashree Trao, Ekta Ahuja, Divya Onkari, Roopali Sircar Gaur, P Koshy, Arindam Roy, Hari Prasad S, Maria Elvira Fernandes Correia and Gelda Castro in the leadership of Prasanna Kkumar conducted it smoothly.
Poets from various countries named Alexandra Psaropoulou, Manisha Singh, Janatha Ratheesh, SreeLatha Tangirala, Sultana Kamar, Manju Sathish,
Santosh Kumar Pokharel, Mildred Par, Richard Spisak, Vasanth Kumar V P, Therese Craine Bertsch, Jayashri Ray, Renukuntla Murali, Prasanna Bhatta, Molly Joseph, Lucilla Trapazzo, Padmini, VKV Prasad, Ranjana Sharan Sinha, Basudev Paul, Issac Cohen, Manatita Hutchinson, Gangalaxmi Patnaik, Mick Mezza, Shyamaprasad Patnaik, Unmesh Mohitkar, David Leo Sirois, Sudipta Mishra, Paramita Mukherjee Mullick, Pantas Pangihutan S, Latha Prem Sakhya, Krishna Walikar, Rajendra Ojha, Lopamudra Mishra, Zan Johns, Setaluri Padma, Rawle Iam James, Harinder Cheema, Dharam Paul Thakur, Rita Chugh, Richard Temple, Laxman Rao and Manju Viswabharathi recited their beautiful verses.
In words of Guest of honour and established poet, Pankhuri Sinha-
“An amazing evening of gorgeous poems, celebrating friendship! It truly was my pleasure and honour to be a part of the friendship day poetic meet, and that too as a guest of honour! I think the poems explored all possible aspects of friendship through beautiful angles! All the beautiful things we made out of and the comparisons we drew were interesting and enchanting! Lantern called it a panoramic view or something more elegant, Jayshree Ray called it an unknown perfume, many poets called it by many beautiful names, Richard Temple said its existential and necessary, and Sreelatha said the soldiers felt like true friends! Taking the concept a little further, I suggested and repeated that friendship day can be used to celebrate good will on international borders! Besides, promoting secular, liberal lifestyle! Janatha ‘s poem initiated that most interesting topic of friendship between relationships! I would like to share something personal here, that just a few days ago, was having a somewhat heated discussion with a friend on the topic of friendship in marriage, which is different from marrying a friend! According to me, spouses should be friends first, not in an equation where the husband is literally worshipped by the wife, a practice that got perpetuated in India, due to patriarchal, religious politics! Women in ancient India had more independence and freely debated with men! I am writing a poem on the topic and will share soon, dear friends! To me friendship is the synonym of equality, and the poems last evening cheered for this bond very strongly! Apart from the relationship poems, some poems were directly for friends, like Lucilla paid tribute to a deceased friend! Truly touching and thoughtful gathering. Thanks to the team of Fertile Brains, and brother Kkumar Prasanna, also a great friend!”
~Pankhuri Sinha
Chief guest of honour was Dr Pragya Bajpai. Honourable Guest Dr. Roopali Sircar Gaur, shared their perspective their speech and reading out poetry, Dr Perwaiz Shahiyar initiated the programme and given welcome address and with respective hosts taking charge during the laps to carry forward the proceedings, had also guest audience like honourable Dr Shalini Yadav, Dr Ratan Ghosh, Krishna Chaitanya and Franchesa Kirkpatrick to name a few, who graced the meet with their presence felt.
All poets narrated their poems on Friendship Day considering different dimensions of the precious bond friendship. It was a wonderful evening with Kkumar Prasanna and all the other poets.
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