NE’s biggest virtual Poetry Reading and Singing contest

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GUWAHATI, July 12 2020: Guwahati Grand Poetry Festival, Northeast India’s first and only of its kind poetry, literature and art forum founded in 2018 in association with Kamata Foundation, a charitable foundation formed for research and study on the indigenous cultures of NE India is organising the region’s biggest ever, virtual Poetry Reading and Singing contest from July 12 onward. The contest is declared open coinciding the birthday of Pablo Neruda, one of the greatest poets of the 20th century. 

Open for young people between the age group of 15 to 35 years with the theme ‘Celebrating Life’, the contest will be active from 12 July to 5 August. The results of the contest will be announced on 9 August 2020 on occasion of ‘International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples’, a day chosen in recognition of the first meeting of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations held in Geneva in 1982.

Guwahati Grand Poetry Festival has decided to observe this important day by declaring the results of its poetry reading and singing competition. The contest is an attempt to celebrate the grand occasion, significant in respect of Northeast India and its aboriginal populations and keeping in mind the depressive environment prevailing due to the Covid19 pandemic, which has greatly affected people, especially the younger generations.

The winners of the contest will be awarded with Rupees Ten Thousand in cash each along with certificate and all participants will get an e-certificate of participation after the contest.

Guwahati Grand Poetry Festival forum has engaged a group of eminent people and artistes as Jury members for selecting the winners. They include singer and composer JP Das, Ghazal maestro Anirban Das, classical singers Nandita Sarma and Pragyan Barua and Ahmedabad based Assamese composer Anup Phukan for the singing category. For the poetry section, the Jury members are Bhupen Chakravarty, Prof. Rakhee Kalit Moral, Prof. Asha Kuthari Chaudhuri and poet Madhu Raghavendra.

Interested persons willing to take part in the contests may obtain necessary details from Guwahati Grand Poetry Festival’s website https://www.guwahatigrandpoetryfestival.com/ and their Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/guwahatipoetryfestival/