All India Differently Abled Writers' Meet

Every year, Sahitya Academy celebrates the world largest literature festival in the name of Festival of Letters. This year, the festival will be celebrated from 11th March, to 16th March 2024.

In this six day celebrations, literary scollars throughout India shall take part in this event. On the last day of this festival, All India Differently Abled Writers' Meet is organised by the academy. In this meet, there are three sessions going to happen.

The detailed shedule of the meet is given below.

        SATURDAY,

16 MARCH

2024

VALMIKI SABHAGAR

All India Differently Abled Writers' Meet

Inaugural Session : 10.00 am – 11.30 am

Welcome : K. Sreenivasarao Secretary, Sahitya Akademi

Inaugural Address : GJV Prasad Eminent English Writer

Chair : Kumud Sharma Vice-President, Sahitya Akademi

First Session : 12.00 noon – 1.30 pm

Poetry Reading

Chair : Rajesh Asudani (Sindhi)

Readings : Monica Das (Assamese)

Suravi Chatterjee (Bengali)

Sanjay Vidrohi (Dogri)

S. Raghunath (Kannada)

Sheikh Ubaid Gul Ghazaal (Kashmiri)

Thoudam Netrajit Singh (Manipuri)

Satyanarayan Mishra (Odia)

Inderjit Nandan (Punjabi)

Sanjay Kumar Ameta (Rajasthani)

Ch. Nagaraju (Sanskrit)

Veeresh Avanishri (Telugu)

Second Session : 2.30 pm – 4.00 pm

 Why do I Write?

Chair : Aravind P. Bhatikar (Konkani)

Speakers : Komal Kamra (English)

Nitin V. Mehta (Gujarati)

S.M. Sadiq (Malayalam)

Sonali Navangul (Marathi)

Third Session : 4.30 pm – 6.00 pm

Short Story Reading

Chair : K.R.P. Saravan            amanikandan (Tamil)

Readings : Bishnu Prasad Basumatary (Bodo)

Kanchan Singh Chauhan (Hindi)

Narendra Nath Jha (Maithili)

Arjun Sharma (Nepali)

Laxman Kisku (Santali)

Saheb Khan Sagar (Urdu)