The Sahitya Akademi and SOA in Bhubaneswar are collaborating to host a National Tribal Writers' Meet

On August 9th and 10th, the Sahitya Akademi and the Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) Centre for Preservation, Propagation and Restoration of Ancient Culture and Heritage of India

on Aug 08, 2023

The Sahitya Akademi and SOA in Bhubaneswar are collaborating to host a National Tribal Writers' Meet

On August 9th and 10th, the Sahitya Akademi and the Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) Centre for Preservation, Propagation and Restoration of Ancient Culture and Heritage of India (PPRACHIN) will host a two-day national Tribal Writers’ meet in honor of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. Approximately 70 notable tribal writers and poets, working in 49 tribal languages, will attend the event, which aims to promote multilingual poetry and short story readings, as well as discussions on the challenges facing young writers in tribal languages and the preservation and development of Indian indigenous languages. Dr. Gayatribala Panda, Head of PPRACHIN, will oversee the event. Notable attendees include Krairi Mog Choudhary (Mog), Rajkishore Naik (Bathudi), and Lalrinhlui (Hmar). The inaugural program, taking place on Wednesday at the SOA Convention Hall in Campus-2, will feature Secretary, Sahitya Akademi Dr K Sreenivasarao, eminent writer and Padmashree awardee Haladhar Nag, eminent scholar Prof. Jagannath Das, eminent writer and Convenor Odia Advisory Board, Sahitya Akademi Dr. Gourahari Das, Convenor Santali Advisory Board, Sahitya Akademi Chaitanya Prasad Majhi, and SOA Deemed-to-be-University Vice-Chancellor Prof. Pradipta Kumar Nanda and Dean students’ Welfare Prof. Jyotiranjan Das.