DIBRUGARH: An interactive session on the upcoming first Pragjyotishpur Literature Festival was organized by the Department of Assamese, DHSK College in Dibrugarh on Tuesday. The Pragjyotishpur Literature Festival will be held from September 29 to October 1 in Guwahati.
Director of Nature’s Beckon, Northeast India and working president of Pragjyotishpur Literature Festival, Soumyadeep Datta, graced the ocassion as the invited speaker. The programme was inaugurated by DHSK college Principal Dr Sashi Kanta Saikia.
Dr Sashi Kanta Saikia said that for the first time the Pragjyotishpur Literature Festival was going to be organized in Assam. “The main objective of the festival is to know the rich cultural history of Assam, which was earlier known as Pragjyotishpur. Through this literature festival the young generation would come to know about the rich cultural diversity of Assam.”
“Nowadays, many of us don’t know about our ancient history. So, this three-day fest will highlight the rich ancient history of Assam and the young generation should come to know about our ancient history,” he added.
While speaking at the programme, Soumyadeep Datta said, “The literary festival will help the young generation to know about the rich ancient history of Assam. The three-day fest will have interactive sessions and books related to culture, history and language will be displayed. Every language spoken in India is a national language and the natives have a rich cultural history associated with our civilization. The name Pragjyotishpur was known during the Mahabharat and Pragjyotishpur was a hub of Jyotish shastra (Astrology) during ancient times.”
“We have a rich history but many of us don’t know about rich cultural history associated with ancient times. Our ancient history was very rich but in the present days, we don’t want to remember our history. The Pragajyotishpur Literature Festival in an endeavour to mobilize literature to connect with the roots of civilization through the three-day-long extensive literary exchanges,” Datta said.
He further said, “We should always be proud of our ancient civilization. Indus Valley Civilization is one of the oldest civilizations. We should not forget our roots. The young generation should come forward with the nationalistic thinking and work for the development of the country.”
Datta added, “For the first time we are organising the Pragjyotishpur Literature Festival in Assam. During the three-day fest, cultural exchanges, language exchanges and topics related to the ancient history, culture and language of Assam will be discussed. The main objective of the literary festival is to showcase the rich cultural history of Assam.”
The students of the Assamese department actively took part in the interactive session.
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