Holi, Kavi Sammelans and Kolkata
March
27,
2013:
Today
is
Holi.
This
is
year
the
Holi
of
northern
India
and
the
Holi
of
Bengal
i.e.,
dol
are
being
celebrated
on
the
same
day.
I
am
always
surprised
by
the
fact
how
come
the
same
festival
is
celebrated
on
different
days.
As
per
Hindu
mythology,
every
festival
has
one
story
and
reason
to
celebrate.
For
example,
various
sects
of
the
Jain
community
like
the
Swetambar,
Digambar, 22Tolla, Murti Pujak
and so on, celebrate
Samatswari
on
different
dates
of
the
year.
Also
Raksha
Bandhan
is
celebrated
in
few
communities
on
different
days.
On the 25th evening in went to the Birla Sabhaghar to attend the Sanskriti Sagar's Kavi Sammelan after hosting the poets for lunch at home. The star of the evening was Surendra Sharma who was also very kind to recite his poetry on Krishna on my personal request.
On the 25th evening in went to the Birla Sabhaghar to attend the Sanskriti Sagar's Kavi Sammelan after hosting the poets for lunch at home. The star of the evening was Surendra Sharma who was also very kind to recite his poetry on Krishna on my personal request.
Yesterday
evening
I
went
to
Kalamandir
to
a
kavi
sammelan
where
another
group
of
poets
were
there.
The
program
was
organised
by
the
Hindustan
Club.
The
hall
was
more
than
full.
Askaran
Atal
was
the
only
poet
who
was
also
at
the
Birla
Sabhaghar
on
the
25th
evening.
I
would
be
be
going
to
the
Birla
Sabhaghar
again
today
evening
where
the
same
poets
would
recite.
The
program
is
organised
by
Arohi.
Very
few
people
know
that
the
tradition
of
Hasya
Kavi
Sammelan
on
Holi
started
in
Kolkata
and
few
of
the
kavis
(poets)
like
Hari
Om
Panwar
and
Surendra
Sharma
have
been
coming
to
Kolkata
regularly
during
Holi
for
the
past
35
years.
It
is
estimated
that
there
are
about
200,
big
and
small,
kavi
sammelans
that
take
place
in
Kolkata
during
Holi.
Tomorrow I'll be in Bangalore.
Tomorrow I'll be in Bangalore.
ess bee
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