DICTATION AND STORY-WRITING COMPETITION HELD

DICTATION AND STORY-WRITING COMPETITION HELD

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RAJIV NAYAN AGRAWAL

PATNA------------------------As part of the 'Hindi Fortnight' celebrations, a 'Dictation Competition' for young children and a 'Story-Writing Competition' for students in Class 6 and above were organized on Wednesday—the second day of the 'Pustak-Chaudas-Mela' (Book Fair) hosted by the Bihar Hindi Sahitya Sammelan. More than fifty students from various schools—including Loyola High School (Patna), St. John's School (Kadamkuan), Kilkari (Saidpur), Prabhutara School (Sankari Gali, Patna City), Sudarshan Central School, Gargi Pathshala (Patna), and Shivam Convent—participated in the event.

At the start of the competition, Bhagwati Prasad Dwivedi, the Literary Secretary of the Sammelan, explained the importance of dictation and story-writing while also giving the students a lesson on good handwriting. He urged the students to participate in the 'Story-Writing Workshop' and 'Poetry Workshop' being organized by the Sammelan on September 5 and 6.

Also present on the occasion were members of the jury—Chittaranjan Lal Bharti, Dr. Richa Verma, Vibharani Srivastava, and Dr. Manoj Govardhanpuri—along with the organizing committee's convenor Er. Ashok Kumar, Kumar Anupam, Dr. Nageshwar Prasad Yadav, Krishna Ranjan Singh, Indubhushan Sahay, Namrata Kumari, and V.K. Mishra, as well as teachers from various schools.

Following the competitions, students, teachers, and parents took the opportunity to explore the book fair and purchased books across various genres, in addition to children's literature.