PVLF 2025

Sikkim Arts and Literature Festival - Concludes Successfully with Chief Minister in Attendance

We are deeply honored to collaborate with Teamwork Arts, and we appreciate their kind support in putting on the Sikkim Arts and Literature Festival
on May 11, 2023

The Sikkim Krantikari Morcha Student Wing's project, the Sikkim Arts and Literature Festival - #ReadNGrow, came to an end in Yuksom, a historic Sikkim city, amidst cheers and celebration.

The audience attended various academic sessions, music and dance performances, yoga classes, and workshops throughout the last two days.

The Honourable Chief Minister of Sikkim, Sri Prem Singh Tamang, 's attendance on the final day made it more special.

"We are deeply honored to collaborate with Teamwork Arts, and we appreciate their kind support in putting on the Sikkim Arts and Literature Festival," he added in his address to the crowd.

We want to show our thanks to Mr. Sanjoy K. Roy, managing director of Teamwork Arts, for his dedication to providing our youngsters with access to a larger cultural and literary world through the numerous art and culture programs run by his company.

The day's schedule included conversations and literary talks on many subjects.

The Khangchendzonga National Park, which is part of the Himalaya global biodiversity hotspot and is home to a distinctive mix of plains, valleys, lakes, glaciers, and snow-capped mountains, has one of the greatest densities of plant, bird, and animal species in the Central or High Asian Mountains.

The park's old original woods, which sustain numerous kinds of flora and wildlife, make it a significant biosphere reserve. The park, which is the nation's first "mixed heritage" monument, was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage monument in 2016.

Dechen Lachungpa, joint director of the Himalayan Zoological Park, and Sonam Norden Bhutia, divisional forest officer of the Khangchendzonga National Park, spoke with author and biochemist Pranay Lal about the park's eternally interesting scenery.

Ashok Chettri discussed the state's built environment evolution in a separate talk with Swati Rai, architect Prashant Pradhan, and Divisional Engineer of Buildings and Housing, Sikkim Government.

Sikkim's regional architectural styles have changed in response to terrain, climate, and practical needs. Influences from Buddhism and Tibet, as well as symmetry and mathematical geometry, have been important. Local building materials like bamboo, cane, mud, and lime form a part of the traditional architectural legacy, but the structures that are now being erected use modern materials and designs.

The audience also saw a poetic reading session in the middle of nature. The maestro of performance poetry from Nepal, Nawaraj Parajuli, performs his poetry collection all over the world.

Writer and spoken word artist Karuna Ezara Parikh authorize books like "Where Stories Gather" and "The Heart Asks Pleasure First." They delivered some of the greatest poetry from each poet's library.

Following that, a discussion session called "Reading Room" was held. The authors in the workshop discussed how their personal and cultural influences frequently affect the ways they view and record. How to Collect a Folk Tale, a collection of poems by Tashi Chophel, is an ode to folktales and emphasizes the humility required to comprehend tales passed down through the years. The Black Magic Women by Moushumi Kandali is a collection of tales that employ myths and fables to depict the ethnic variety of Assam.

They discussed the voice and nuance of their work during a reading and discussion session with Associate Professor Rosy Chamling.

The legendary Kutle Khan Project provided an electrifying performance to cap off the event. The bands Stillwaters and Guns from the Countryside also gave mesmerizing performances for the crowd.