Bhopal: Poets feted at literary function

HOSHANGABAD: A function was organised to commemorate the litterateurs of the district by the Narmadanchal Kalamkar Sangh and Press Club at Babai on Tuesday. Earlier, at a Kavi Sammelan organised at Hoshangabad on Monday night, Commissioner, Public Relations SK Mishra feted Vishnu Saxena with Pandit Bhawani Prasad Mishra Smriti Samman, Arun Jaimini with Harishankar Parsai Samman, Anjum Rahvar with Pandit Makhanlal Chaturvedi Smriti Samman, Pratibha Rathore with Ashok Shrivastava Mithilesh Smriti Samman and Pramod Tiwari with Thakur Brijmohan Smriti Samman. Poet Arun Jaimini, through his poetry, hit out at foeticide, terrorism and corruption. Vishnu Saxena urged the people to have faith in the almighty. Anjum Rahvar exposed the real, ugly face of politics. A large number of poetry-lovers from Hoshangabad, Itarsi, Babai and Harda heard the poets till late in the night. The programme was conducted by Rajendra Thakur and Ashok Jamnani.