Kudos to poets Gayatri Majumdar and Anju Makija for orchestrating the wonderful literary event by the lulling seashore of Pondicherry beach, the Aurobindo Ashram, and at Auroville. Gayatri's zest for organizing memorable happenings and her love for poetry and passionate commitment to it was once again on show. Anju, was quietly effective. Pondicherry is an undying historical presence in the Indian scene both for Aurobindo and poet Bharati, and surely Pondicherry will be remembered for such fine literary events as this too. May the coming chapters of the festival be blessed and provide the much required interactive opportunities for poets in the Indian English literary patio.
Poets Raja Chakraborty, Sekhar Banerjee, Srilata Krishnan, Geetha Ravichandran, Mallika Bhaumik, Rani Uniyal, Sangeeta Kotwal, Nabanita Sengupta, Urna Bose, Sophia Naz, Sushanta, Shikantin Biswas, were some of the poets I heard reading out their fine poems. Mita Vashisht held the audience with her performance on Lal Ded.
A singular highlight was the ' Meet the Publisher' where the young Dibyajyoti Sarma sailed his Red River with aplomb, with a rainbow shower of poetry books bearing the Red River imprint that were released on the occasion. The books on display evoked the feeling of bright Klint paintings on display. Dibya's devotion to poetry brought out a firmament full of poet stars on the occasion, that was indeed aura, in the basement of the Aura store where he also recollected his trudging experiences as a budding publisher turning full term.
A memorable alley in 2023 the festival of letters will remain, one that will not easily be forgotten.
Once again, congratulations , Gayatri and Anju!
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