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Poemandu held to mark Ghalib's birth anniversary

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KATHMANDU, Dec 29: The Embassy of India and B P Koirala India-Nepal Foundation jointly organized the 29th edition of Poemandu to mark the 218th birth anniversary of Mirza Ghalib from Friday to Sunday at Nepal Bharat Library.

Tribute was paid to Ghalib for his contributions in the field of Urdu poetry. Similarly, poets Manoj Neupane, Tripura Poudel, Abdul Momin, Momila Joshi, Gopal Ask, Imtiaz Wafa, Gyanuwakar Poudel, Krishna Jung Rana and Shekhar Giri recited their poem and ghazals in Nepali and Hindi. Abhay Kumar, secretary of B P Koirala India-Nepal Foundation, also recited his own poem on poet Ghalib and Laxmi Prasad Devkota.


He extended his gratitude to all the participating poets and the audience for their encouragement and participation ever since Poemandu started 34 months ago. On the occasion of Ghalib jayanti, the book named “Dhup chhaya” written by Dr Krishna Jung Rana was also released.



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