Punjabi Academy

Punjabi Academy, Govt. of Delhi organized ‘Kahani Darbar’  at Bhai Vir Singh Sahit Sadan, near Gole market. The event was held to promote the Punjabi literature and poetry through short stories by Shri Bhola Singh Sanghera and Shri Bhagwant Rasoolpuri.

Shri Sanghera, an established Punjabi writer started the event with his story named ‘Sibo’, which talked about a scheduled class village girl. The event was followed by  Shri Rasoolpuri, who has given contemporary fiction a new flavour and introduced his story named 'Jarh'(roots) which talked about the  struggle of the down trodden Dalit people to liberate their self from the clutches of discrimination.

"Punjabi short story writing is quite a complex art and deserves much more appreciation and recognition today,” said Dr Rawail Singh, Secretary, Punjabi Academy. The two faces of Punjab narrated their stories and were highly appreciated.

“I loved the way Rasoolpuri has wrapped the fears of a discriminated individual in his perceptive writing,” said Dr.Narendra Mohan, a famous Hindi poet.