Gandaki Province literature festival

Damauli, March 16: The literary (prose) department of Nepal Academy and the Drama Forum, Tanahu organized the Gandaki Province Literature Festival, gathering literati from 10 districts.    
    
The literary figures and literature enthusiasts from 10 districts of the province attended the festival. Manag district failed to secure participation in the event.    
    
The festival was held under the chairmanship of head of the literature department of Nepal Academy, Amar Neupane. Five stories were recited and a play 'Mardana' presented during the event.    
    
Dr Shadanan Paudel had given a lecture on literary writing of Gandaki Province. His lecture was commented by critic Kashi Nath Neupane and litterateur Ambika Bhattarai.    
    
Litterateur Amar Neupane underlined the need for identifying issues of the region and writing clearly about those. It is the responsibility of Nepal Academy to bring into light the issues that are left to back water, he added.    
    
Similarly, other speakers informed that various literary associations in the local and province level were collaborating with Nepal Academy for the promotion and preservation of Nepali literature, and languages which are facing extinction. (RSS)