Literary body fetes authors, poets

Lucknow: Several literary figures were honoured during the 55th foundation day celebration of the Chetana Sahitya Parishad at Ravindralaya auditorium on Wednesday.The programme brought together writers, poets and literature enthusiasts to celebrate the organisation's contribution to promoting Hindi literature.Ravindra Sharma was conferred with Chetana Gaurav Samman, while Akhilesh Nigam received Chetana Ratna Samman.Praveen Kumar Srivastava was honoured with Chetana Shri Samman. Other awardees included Suman Dubey (Dr Dauji Gupta Smriti Samman), Rajendra Shukla (Krishna Murari ‘Vikal' Smriti Samman), Jagdeep Shukla (Jagmohan Nath Kapoor ‘Saras' Smriti Samman), Shyam Narayan Pandey (Pt Shivshankar Mishra Smriti Samman) and Vishambhar Shukla (Chaman Lal Agrawal Smriti Samman).Manjul Mayank Mishra received Raman Lal Agrawal Smriti Samman while Saroj Kumar Pandey was honoured with Dharmash Samman. Others who were felicitated were Rajneesh Mishra (Pt Roop Narayan Dwivedi Smriti Samman), Pratibha Gupta (Jiyalal Agrahari Smriti Samman), Chetna Pandey (Shiv Narayan Sharma Smriti Samman) and Raja Srivastava (Vishisht Sahyog Samman)."This honour is not just for me but for the spirit of literature that connects writers and readers. Such platforms encourage writers to continue contributing to society through words," Praveen Kumar Srivastava said.Several publications including quarterly magazine ‘Chetana Srot', ‘Premnath Tithi Parv Patrika' edited by Ashutosh Vajpeyi, poetry collections ‘Naman Shaheedon Ko' and ‘Operation Sindoor' by Pt Sharda Prasad Sharma, and ‘Shunya Shabd Banta Hai' by Arya Deenbandhu were released.