Congratulations to both INLS officers!
Pictures:
http://www.poudels.net/photos/N&J2009/N-J%202009.htmlSource: Badri Poudel, New York
Video:
http://www.dcnepal.net/events.php?nid=119Source: Ram Hari Subedi, Virginia
Detail News:
Successful NY Nepali Poetry Festival
The
N & J Entertainment Inc. USA organized “NY Nepali Poetry Festival”
at its fourth anniversary today with a grand manner. This special event
coordinated by Ms. Kamala Prasai, the President of the N & J
Entertainment Inc. USA highlighted the activities of the organization
following the request made by the moderators of the program, Ms. Sagun
Basnet and Mr. Saroj Aryal. Ms. Kamala Prasai shed light
on the importance of the event and the organization itself. She briefly
stated the activities carried out by the N & J Entertainment Inc.
USA in the foregone years.
The
N & J Entertainment Inc. USA established in remembrance of the late
Narayan Prasad Prasai and Mrs. Jayanta Devi Prasai who is now 78 years
old has done remarkable jobs towards the promotion of Nepali language,
literature, arts and culture. The writer of Award winning book of
poetry and several other books, Ms. Kamala Prasai who is also the
'Treasurer' of the International Nepali Literary Society (INLS), has
welcomed the participating audiences and Mrs. Basundhara Bhusal, the
Senior-Most Artist who was honored at the event by His Excellency
Ambassador Mr. Madhu Raman Acharya, the Chief Guest of the event for
her great contributions bringing Nepal’s film industry to this
developed stage. The moderators Ms. Sagun Basnet and Mr. Saroj Aryal
wisely requested the Cine-Star and the icon for all Nepali artists Mrs.
Basundhara Bhusal to chair the event. The Permanent Representative of
Nepal to UN, His Excellency Ambassador Mr. Madhu Raman Acharya also
honored Litterateur Hom Nath Subedi, Dr. Kamal Pande, Mr. Ramhari
Subedi and Mr. Khem Bhattachan.
To
be noted, Mr. Hom Nath Subedi is the founding President of the
International Nepali Literary Society (INLS) with so many valuable
books to his credit. He was honored as the ‘Shinning Literary Star’.
Dr. Kamal Pande was honored for his leadership role in the
Nepali-American Community and for his contributions in the religious
field. Mr. Ramhari Subedi was honored for his efforts to draw the
interests on Nepal through his DCNepal.com, the best electronic web
based magazines. Today’s event was also live telecast by the
DCNepal.com and it was viewed by more than tens of thousands audiences
throughout the continents. Another personality, Mr. Khem Bhattachan was
also honored at the event for his contributions making Nepali language
popularize in the Diaspora. Mr. Bhattachan served INLS as the
Vice-President.
The
NY Nepali Poetry Festival participated by the intelligent Nepali
community in US was addressed by Dr. Geeta Acharya, Dr. Tara Niraula,
Litterateur Hom Nath Subedi and Dr. Kamal Pande. The message of those
speakers were very clear- Nepali language must be preserved and
developed to save the identity of the people of Nepali origin. All of
them have pointed out the big contributions made by Ms. Kamala Prasai
for her efforts towards the preservation and promotion of Nepali
language under the N & J Entertainment Inc. USA banner.
The
event’s main highlight was the poetry competition. Judges Mrs. Jyoti
Poudel, Dr. Tara Niraula and Dr. Kamal Pande scored the Poet Bidhya
Bimal Baral the winner of the competition. Mrs. Parita Rajbhandari
scored the second place whereas Mrs. Poonam Kafle could get the third
position and the consolation prize went to Mr. Ram Chandra Thapa. The
winners were presented the certificates by the Litterateur Hom Nath
Subedi. The non-competitive poems were also recited.
Prior
to making the concluding remarks, the Senior-Most Artist Mrs.
Basundhara Bhusal presented the certificates of recognition to
moderators Ms. Sagun Basnet, Mr. Saroj Aryal, Singers Ms. Pabita
Pariyar and Mr. Tilak Shrestha for their contributions making the NY
Nepali Poetry Festival very successful. The Senior-Most Artist Mrs.
Bhusal thanked the organizer Ms. Kamala Prasai for her efforts at
preserving Nepali language, literature, arts and culture in Diaspora.
Mrs. Bhusal, the Chairperson of the event also mentioned that she
viewed today’s event as an inspiring and put responsibilities upon her
for the development of Nepali arts and culture.
The
NY Nepali Poetry Festival was participated by major Nepali media
sectors in US- the DCNepal.com, Himali Sworharu (Mr. Sahadev Poudel),
Namaste Nepal Television (Mr. Som Nath Ghimire), USNepalOnline (Mr.
Pradeep Thapa) and the community leaders from different organizations-
Mr. Bishal Shah (UNN), Mr. Anand Bist (JSS), Mr. Tek Gurung (UNDF),
Mrs. Gita Khatri, Mrs. Sita Kharel, Mr. Shramik Sherchan and Mr. Aditya
Maharjan. The senior artists Mr. Nhuchhe Narayan Dangol, Raj Kapoor,
singer Sanjog Rai and many others including Mr. Rishabh Shrestha took
part at the NY Nepali Poetry Festival. The event which took place at
the Sangri-la Restaurant at Jackson Heights was completed very
successfully mainly due to the moderators Ms. Sagun Basnet and Mr.
Saroj Aryal with their high-skilled performance and organizer Ms.
Kamala Prasai’s wise management.
NY Nepali Poetry Festival
In Nepali:
न्यू योर्कमा भव्य साहित्य सम्मेलन
एन एण्ड जे इन्टरटेण्ट्मेन्ट इन्क्, यु. एस्. ए (N & J Entertainment Inc. USA) को आयोजनामा न्यू योर्कमा सेप्टेम्वर १३ का दिन भव्य साहित्य सम्मेलन सम्पन्न भएको छ । राष्ट्रिय गीतबाट शुरु गरिएको सो कार्यक्रममा संस्थाकी अध्यक्ष साहित्यकार कमला प्रसाईंले सहभागी नेपाली भाषा र साहित्य प्रेमीहरुलाई स्वागत गर्दै संस्थाले विगत चार वर्षदेखि नेपाली भाषा-साहित्यको
संरक्षण र बिकासमा पुर्याएको योगदान बारे चर्चा गर्नु भयो ।
सो
कार्यक्रमका प्रमुख अतिथी संयुक्त राष्ट्र संघका लागि नेपालका स्थायी
प्रतिनिधि श्री मधु रमण आचार्यले नेपालकी वरिष्ठ कलाकार श्रीमती वसुन्धारा
भुसालको सम्मान गर्नु भयो । कलाकार भुसालले चलचित्र क्षेत्रमा पुर्याउनु
भएको योगदान स्वरुप 'एन एण्ड जे इन्टरटेण्ट्मेन्ट इन्क्, यु. एस्. ए' ले
सो सम्मान प्रदान गरेको हो । सम्मान पाउने अन्य व्यक्तिहरुमा वरिष्ठ
साहित्यकार होम नाथ सुबेदीलाई नेपाली भाषा-साहित्यमा योगदान पुर्याउनु भए
वापत ‘चम्किलो साहित्यिक तारा’ को
रुपमा, डा. कमल पाण्डेलाई सामाजिक र धार्मिक क्षेत्रमा, डिसीनेपाल डट्कम
(DCNepal.com) का स्वंचालक श्री रामहरि सुबेदीलाई सबै भन्दा उत्कृष्ट
वेव-म्यागाजिनको र श्री खेम भट्टचनलाई नेपाली भाषा-साहित्यको निमित्त
गर्नु भएको सेवा वापत सम्मान प्रदान गरिएको थियो ।
कार्यक्रमको
बिचार-सत्र अन्तर्गत “नेपाली भाषा-साहित्य, कला र संस्कृतिको संरक्षणमा
हाम्रो भूमिका” विषयमा विभिन्न व्यक्तिहरुले विचार व्यक्त गर्नु भएको थियो
। डा. गीता आचार्य, डा. तारा निरौला, वरिष्ठ साहित्यकार होम नाथ सुबेदी र
डा. कमल पाण्डेले आ-आफ्नो विचार राख्ने क्रममा नेपाली भाषा-साहित्यलाई बचाई
राख्नुपर्ने कुरा व्यक्त गर्नुको साथै नेपाली भाषा विश्वोको सबै भन्दा उत्कृष्ट भएको प्रमाण पेश गर्नु भयो ।
सगुन
बस्नेत र सरोज अर्यालद्बारा स्वंचालित कार्यक्रममा कविता प्रतियोगिता पनि
गरिएको थियो । विजयी कवि-कवयित्रीहरु- विद्या बिमल बराल (प्रथम), परिता
राजभण्डारी (दोश्वो), पुनम काफ्ले (तेश्रो) र सान्तवना पुरस्कार राम
चन्द्र थापालाई प्रदान गरिएको थियो । कविता प्रतियोगिताको
निर्णायक मण्डलमा साहित्यकार ज्योती पौडेल, डा. तारा निरौला र डा. कमल
पाण्डे रहनु भएको थियो । त्यस्तै कार्यक्रम स्वंचालक सगुन बस्नेत र सरोज
अर्याल तथा गायक तिलक श्रेष्ठ र गायिका पबिता परियारलाई पनि कार्यक्रम सफल
बनाए वापत प्रमाण-पत्र प्रदन गरिएको थियो ।
साहित्यकार
कमला प्रसाईंको संयोजनमा भएको साहित्यिक कार्यक्रम सार्है राम्रो र स्मरण
योग्य भएको कुरा सभाध्यक्ष वरिष्ठ कलाकार श्रीमती वसुन्धारा भुसालले
बताउनु भयो ।
डिसीनेपाल
डट्कम (DCNepal.com) द्बारा प्रत्यक्ष प्रसारित सो कार्यक्रम दशौं हजार
दर्शकहरुले हेरेका थिए । नमस्ते नेपाल टेलिभिजन लगाएत विभिन्न
संघ-संस्थाका प्रतिनिधिहरुले ‘एन एण्ड जे इन्टरटेण्ट्मेन्ट इन्क्, यु. एस्. ए’ (N & J Entertainment Inc. USA) को आयोजनामा गरिएको साहित्य सम्मेलनमा भाग लिएका थिए ।
Source: INLS HQ Treasurer, Kamala Prasai, New York
