Newa: Haiku Khya marks 4th foundation day

By A Staff Reporter

Kathmandu, June 24: Newa: Haiku Khya celebrated its fourth foundation day in Patan Dhoka on Saturday. 

In the programme, chaired by Suresh Pradhan,  80 haikus from 40 poets were read out.

During the event,  poets including Nijirosh Shrestha, Purnima Shakya, Hisilina Shakya, Kabindra Lal Shrestha, Dibya Tamrakar, Gyanendra Ratna Bajracharya, Ramita Bajracharya, Radheshyam Maharjan, Milan Shakya, Ratna Mana, and Rita Maharjan, recited 80 haikus, two by each. 

Anjana Tamrakar and Keshar Man Tamrakar from America,  Gyani Shova Tuladhar from England and others set a record for haiku recitations.

Amita Laxmi Sainju Shrestha, publisher of Haiku Kitcha, Manik Ratna Shakya from Lumbini Haiku Foundation, and Dr. Anand Joshi, advisor to Newa Haiku Khya, received various honours and Dr. Pushparaj Rajakarnikar Ambassadors of Nepal to Spain were honoured by Lalitpur Metropolitan Municipality Chief Chiribabu Maharjan.

Chief guest Maharjan expressed his commitment to cooperating with Newa: Haiku Khya for the development of Nepali language literature.