MUKT’S LANGUAGE WAS ENCHANTING, BALABHADRA KALYAN WAS HIS ‘LITERARY CHARIOTEER’: Dr. ANIL SULABH

MUKT’S LANGUAGE WAS ENCHANTING, BALABHADRA KALYAN WAS HIS ‘LITERARY CHARIOTEER’: Dr. ANIL SULABH

13-FEB-ENG 8

RAJIV NAYAN AGRAWAL

PATNA------------------------Renowned for his poetic beauty, Prafulla Chandra Ojha Mukt's language was exceptionally lucid and captivating. The elegance and sweetness of poetry can be seen in his prose. He wrote with authority in almost all literary genres. Balabhadra Kalyan, a dedicated Hindi devotee, was known among the city's erudite scholars as the "literary charioteer." Three decades ago, when a pall of gloom had fallen on literary activity in Patna, the capital of Bihar. Even the Bihar Hindi Sahitya Sammelan, once a hub of literary activity, had fallen silent, Balabhadra Kalyan, a literary charioteer, mounted his two-wheeled chariot, broke the literary silence in the city, and ignited a new literary movement. The capital was revitalized by a series of literary events.

These remarks were made by Conference President Dr. Anil Sulabh while presiding over the Republic Day and Birth Anniversary celebrations held at the Bihar Hindi Sahitya Sammelan on Monday. Dr. Sulabh said that Mukt ji was also actively involved with All India Radio. He was not only a grace to the stage but also a synonym for scholarship. He painstakingly published the Hindi translation of the world-famous epic poem "Ramayana" written by the first poet Maharishi Valmiki by his learned father, Sahityacharya Chandrashekhar Shastri, which is a major achievement.

Conference Vice President Dr. Madhu Verma, Kalyan ji's daughter Sujata Verma, Dr. Ratneshwar Singh, Dr. Poonam Anand, Vibharani Srivastava, Shubhchandra Sinha, and Mr. Anand Kishore Mishra also expressed their views.

At the outset, the Conference President hoisted the national flag in the conference premises and reverently remembered the great sacrifices made by Bihar's writers in India's freedom movement. He said that the power of the pen was the driving force behind all the revolutions and renaissances that have taken place in the world.

The National Song Festival organized on this occasion began with a speech by Chanda Mishra. Senior poets and writers RP Ghayal, Aradhana Prasad, Shyam Bihari Prabhakar, Prof. Sunil Kumar Upadhyay, Kumar Anupam, Dr. Pushpa Jamuar, Jai Prakash Pujari, Shama Kausar 'Shama', Siddheshwar, Dr. Ashok Kumar, Narendra Kumar, Dr. Meena Kumari Parihar, Dr. Richa Verma, Meera Srivastava, Nutan Sinha, Vidya Chaudhary, Dr. Shalini Pandey, Indu Bhushan Sahay, Sunita Ranjana, Sadanand Prasad, Arjun Prasad Singh, Nisha Parashar, Asha Raghudev, Surya Prakash Upadhyay, Veena Ambasht, and others also paid homage to the national flag and the two literary luminaries with national songs and ghazals. The stage was moderated by poet Brahmanand Pandey, and the vote of thanks was given by Krishna Ranjan Singh.

On this occasion, a large number of intellectuals including Dr. Nageshwar Prasad Yadav, E. Banke Bihari Saav, Praveer Kumar Pankaj, Dr. Amarnath Prasad, Sanjeev Kumar, Nandan Kumar Meet, Ashwini Kaviraj etc. were present.