City gears up for national symposium of poets

Hyderabad: Over 20 poets from different regional languages will participate in the annual National Symposium of Poets organised by the All India Radio (AIR) here tomorrow.

Andhra Pradesh Governor E S L Narasimhan would be the chief guest at the event. It is the biggest gathering of the national poets from all regional languages. We are organising it in Hyderabad this year with 22 poets from different regional languages, AIR Director General R Venkateswarlu said here today. The 22 poems in regional languages will be translated into Hindi and English. That is the tradition All India Radio do for the promotion of national integration, communal harmony and promoting literary values, he said. According to Venkateswarlu, total 66 poets (comprising the 22 original poets and 44 others who will translate the poems into Hindi and English) will participate in the symposium. The recording of the event will be broadcast on January 25 at 10 PM throughout the network of AIR radio stations. This recording is also made available to all regional stations, so they can highlight the regional poets and can also translate into the regional language and broadcast from the respective stations based on their programme arrangements, he said. 

-PTI