With the assistance of Sahitya Academy New Delhi, a symposium of Sufi poets was celebrated with a great fervour at Environmental Hall Handwara.
Dr. Aziz Hajni, convener of Kashmiri advisory board ofSahitya Academy was also present in the programme.
On this occasion, Dr. Aziz Hajni in his welcome speech saidthat young and talented poets get encouragement by organising these programmesand from the Sufi poetry they get inclined to Modern poetry.
This programme was organized with the full support ofIdarie-Tehqeeq-U-Adab, a literary organization in J&K.
The poets who recited their poems in this programme wereFeroz Maqbool, Farooq Shaheen, Javid Iqbal Mawri, Ahmed Shah, Lasi Khuj,Habibulah Kumar and Fameeda Sopori.
Ex-Secretary of cultural Academy JK, Dr. Aziz Hajni werehonoured and awarded with a shawl and trophy. Hill Park International SchoolHandwara supported in organising this programme.
The students of this school presented colourful andinteresting programmes.
In this programme, President of Idarie Tehqeeq-U-Adab JKthrew light on the contributions of Dr. Aziz Hajni to the Kashmiri literature.
Farooq Shaheen in his speech said that Dr. Aziz Hajni proved himself the best in promoting Kashmiri and other regional languages in Kashmir and outside the Valley.