Seminar on books penned by city teenagers
- August 23, 2021
- Updated: 01:50 am
DW BUREAU / LUDHIANA
Post Graduate department of English of the Gujranwala Guru Nanak Khalsa College under the aegis of Gujranwala Khalsa Education Council, organised an event to embolden the young minds Sukhmani Brar, Pratibha Sharma, Baruni Arora, Sehajal Sharma, Oshin Sangha for creating books entitled, Lost in the Night Sky, Summer Enigma, Your Soulmate is You, Just Keep Going, respectively.
Pondering over an idea, creating a thread of words and then jotting it down on a piece of paper is all what one needs to reach anywhere, at any time and being with the world during this pandemic, said Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma.
The event started with an introduction of the young writers along with the purpose of the event by Dr. Sushmimdarjeet Kaur, Associate Professor and Head, P. G. Department of English by reciting beautiful and soulful lines from the poetry created by the teenagers. She also elaborated on the purpose of the event.
Dr. S. P. Singh, President, Gujranwala Khalsa Education Council and former Vice-Chancellor, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar appreciated the endeavours of P. G. Department of English for being thoughtful of organising an event to provide a platform to the young and talented minds to show their talent and also share their wonderful and laborious journey of creating their books.
He mentioned that Prof. Gurbhajan Gill is an alumnus of this Institute and has always brought laureals to the college by writing books of fiction and poetry. He applauded the efforts of the young emerging writers for making their parents proud.
The event progressed with an observation of the books by Dr. Hargunjot Kaur, Associate Professor, P. G. Department of English by delineating on the matured writing of all the writers. She, talking about the book Summer Enigma, by Pratibha Sharma and Baruni Arora, explained that it's a story about four teenagers who take the reader on a virtual journey where a murder takes place and these teenagers solved the mystery.
(editor@dailyworld.in)