Garhwal Post Bureau
Dehradun, 21 Oct: To promote the culture and literature of the mountains and encourage reading habits among youth, the organization, ‘Creative Uttarakhand’, will organise the ‘Dehradun Kitab Kautik’ (Book Fair) from 23 to 25 October at the Doon Library and Research Centre.
On Wednesday, the organizing committee held a press conference at the Uttaranchal Press Club to share detailed information with the media and the general public to ensure the smooth, systematic, and grand execution of the event.
Dayal Pandey, President of ‘Creative Uttarakhand’ and ‘Moor Pahar’, stated that ‘Creative Uttarakhand’ has successfully organized 15 ‘Kitab Kautik’ events so far in various towns and cities of Uttarakhand (such as Tanakpur, Baijnath, Champawat, Pithoragarh, Dwarahat, Bhimtal, Nanakmatta, Ranikhet, New Tehri, Pantnagar, Gairsain, and Didihat). As its 16th leg, the ‘Dehradun Kitab Kautik’ will be organized in the hall, open theatre, and corridors of the Doon Library and Research Centre. He said that the objective of the Kitab Kautik campaign is to promote the culture and literature of the mountains and to encourage reading habits among the youth.
Praveen Kumar Bhatt, a member of the Kitab Kautik campaign, said that the purpose of Kitab Kautik is to sow the seeds of curiosity, creativity, and reading habits in the minds of the youth. During the event, several interesting activities will take place, including literary discussions, direct interactions with renowned authors, a science corner for children, nature walks, adventure sports, cultural evenings by invited artists, and handicrafts stalls. In addition, puppet-making, language-culture, and wall-painting workshops will be conducted, along with cultural programs and competitions for school children. Writers, social activists, and theatre artists from across the country will arrive in Dehradun to participate in Kitab Kautik. Career counselling sessions, poetry symposiums (kavya goshti), and cultural evening sessions will also be held for school children and the general public with subject experts coming from all over the country.
Dayal Pandey added that, in the first phase of Kitab Kautik Dehradun, children from various schools in Dehradun participated in a five-day ‘Balprahari’ children’s writing workshop from 14 to 18 October, in which they prepared handwritten books themselves. A stall featuring these self-made books will also be set up by the children at Kitab Kautik.
Hem Pant, Dayal Pandey, Praveen Kumar Bhatt, Vijay Bhatt, DK Pandey, Chandrashekhar Tiwari, and journalists were present at this special meeting.
