We want to make it a city of intellectuals: Literary society

CHANDIGARH: “Be the change you want to see in society” - recalling the words of Mahatma Gandhi, poet, author and bureaucrat Sumita Mishra introduced Chandigarh Literary Society (CLS) which has been established to promote reading and study of literature among the youth of city.
CLS started its journey with its first “Meet the Author” programme featuring versatile Bollywood actor and author Anupam Kher.A press conference was held at UT guest house to bring together budding and established writers in the region. “We want to convert City Beautiful into city intellectual,” said Madhav Kaushak, secretary of Chandigarh Literary Society.
“Through CLS we want to give a platform to creative minds and encourage literary, creative writing among the people of Chandigarh. We also want to bring together writers, publishers, academia, intellectuals, students and scholars,” said Sumita Mishar.
The logo of CLS was beautifully stylized in the form of a tree with pencil and it’s stem, branches and leaves in shape of Chandigarh’s symbol of hand optimizing “open to give, open to receive” in different hues. It represents the evolution of creativity and interaction of writers with different stream of society.