Jammu: Minister for Animal, Sheep Husbandry and Fisheries, Abdul Gani Kohli has appreciated the J&K Academy of Art, Culture and Languages for organizing Hindi Writers Conference in the State and asked them to further intensify holding of such events.
The Minister, while laying emphasis on Hindi as our national language, said such conferences extend a perfect platform to budding writers and poets to further scale up their talent and skills in the world of Literature.
The Minister was speaking after inaugurating a two day All India Hindi Writers Conference “Jammu-Kashmir Ka Hindi Sahitya: Samkaleenta Evam Saarthakta” organized by the Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages at Abhinav Theatre Jammu.
The Minister appreciated the initiatives of Academy in promotion of Hindi language and literature in the State. He said youth of the State is blessed with unique talent in the specific fields which needs to be harnessed and channelized in a proper way so that they can compete at national and international level.
Secretary of the Academy, Dr Aziz Hajini, highlighted the importance of the conference and assured the audience that Academy will try to organize similar conferences in future also. He said the Academy had organized Dogri and Punjabi Conferences during last fortnight which was also attended by a good number of writers who represented different parts of the Country.
“Our motive is to preserve heritage and promote creativity for unification of different sectors of society and strengthening of human values of the State at a large”, he maintained.
On the occasion, the Minister released a book titled “Sheerza Hindi”.
VC Jammu University, R D Sharma, other dignitaries and a large number of writers, poets, intellectuals and lovers of literature from different parts of the Country besides locals attended the conference.
