Our partners, British Library Chandigarh is organising a Wikipedia Workshop on 24th and 25th August from 4 to 7pm.

This is a creativity workshop to understand how Wikipedia works, how one can contribute to it, and Wikipedia Ambassador Programme or Wikipedia Clubs. 

Since there are limited seats to be allotted on first-come-first-served basis, those interested in participation must confirm it to Ms Christina Singh, 0172 2745195 / 96 immediately.

Participants are advised to bring their own laptop/tablet/ipad with internet connectivity for this workshop. 

More information can be had from British Council website. Click Here.

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Hasya Kavi Sammelan

As a part of its commitment to promote literary activities in the region and bring people closer to the literateurs, Chandigarh Literary Society (CLS) organised a Haasya Kavi Sammelan on 27th July at Indradhanush Auditorium at Panchkula.

Mrs. Sumita Misra, IAS, Chairperson of CLS welcomed the guests and poets and reiterated the aim of Chandigarh Literary Society to promote literary activities for the “Classes and the masses”. 

Famous Shri Surinder Sharma, along with  Mahendar Ajnabi, Ved Parkash Ved, Yusuf Bhardwaj, Dr. Sita Sagar and Ritu Goyal, participated in the show.

Surinder Sharma, one of the most popular poker-faced humorous poet, famous for his “chaar lainaa suna reha hoon”, was the favourite of the show, he hails from Haryana but often uses Marwari dialect in his poetry.

Delhi-based Ved Parkash Ved, is known for his pithy and meaningful poetry and has been honoured with Kaka Hathrasi Sammaan, and Omprakash Aditya Samman,

Mahendra Ajnabi, winner of Kaka Hathrasi Award, is another best Hasya-Vyangya Kavi, dominating the kavi sammellans for last 25 years.

Yusuf Bhardwaj also hails from Hisar District of Haryana who left his teaching career to immerse himself completely in Haryanvi poetry.

Dr. Sita Sagar is another versatile poetess of the country who has made her place in Hasya-Vyanga genre having travelled extensively abroad, and honored by the Prime Minister of India Shri Atal Behari Vajpayee.

Ritu Goyal, a software professional working in Pennsylvania, started as an architect before switching her profession. Writing poetry was her passion since she was in the fifth grade in the school and has also published a children’s story book

The show was attended by a large and distinguished gathering including senior officers of both Punjab and Haryana, and the citizens of both Chandigarh and Panchkula.  Residents who attended, were all praise for the efforts of CLS in bringing programmes like this for the enjoyment of general public.

Award Function for Short Story Writing Competition Winners

Chandigarh Literary Society shall be organising the award giving function to recognise the winners and participants in the Short Story Writing Competition.
All are requested to block their dates to be there on 1st September 2012 at UT Guest House.
More details shall follow shortly. 

You're Invited for a Laughter Session on 27th July

The unbeatable renowned stand-up artists and poets, the 'Haasya Kavi' would be at Indradhanush Auditorium this Friday at Panchkula at 6:30pm.  Don't forget to join in to meet with Shri Surinder Sharma, along with five other noted poets, namely, Mahendar Ajnabi, Ved Parkash Ved, Yusuf Bhardwaj, and two ladies, Dr. Sita Sagar and Ritu Goyal. 

Join in with your family and friends. Entry is free. 

Penguin Books releases eBooks

Penguin Books India has launched over 240 titles of books published in 2012 and select best sellers in ebook format which would be available on all major international ebook retail outlets, including Amazon, Apple, OLF, Kobo and Google, etc. 
Penguin India intends to have the largest digital catalogue of Indian ebooks by the end of the year.
To read more, click here.

Bonanza for CLS Members

The members of Chandigarh Literary Society (CLS) can get special privilege for their membership to the British Library.  British Library at Chandigarh very thoughtfully extended a special privilege membership fee structure for CLS members as follows : 

Category	Actual Membership Fee	For CLS Members
Gold	Rs.1500	Rs.1200
Gold Plus & Diamond	Rs.2000	Rs.1700
Diamond Plus	Rs.2500	Rs.2100
Platinum	Rs.2900	Rs.2500

Chandigarh Literary Society announces Short Story Competition Winners

Chandigarh Literary Society (CLS), which had organised a short-story writing competition last month announced the winners.

There was an encouraging response to the competition and within a span of 20 days we had received 98 entries in various languages, and a three-panel jury comprising of city-based noted author Khushwant Singh, writer and journalist Nirupama Dutt, and author and educationist Neel Kamal Puri, evaluated the entries and selected the winners, who will be recognized and awarded at a public function soon, informed Sumita Misra, President of CLS.

Dinker Vashisht has won the first prize for his story ‘August Rose’, while Nayantara Singh’s “The Last Tsar”, and Suneet Kheterpal’s untitled story won the second and third prize respectively.

The jury also selected Nayan Jain’s ‘Encounters’, Kailash Srinivasan for ‘Super Khan’, and Pankaj Sharma ‘Goodwill Hunting’ for special consolation prizes.

CLS would be holding such literary competitions regularly to encourage young writers to share their creativity, informed Ms Misra.