Guwahati, Aug 9
The results of the Northeast India regional level virtual 'Poetry Reading and Singing' competition organised by Guwahati Grand Poetry Festival in association with Kamata Foundation, a charity organisation, was declared today at Guwahati, on the occasion of the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples on the theme ‘COVID-19 and indigenous peoples’ resilience’.
In the poetry-reading category, Rajkumari Ichanthoibi Devi of Manipur and Aditee Kashyap from Meghalaya jointly bagged the 'Wordsmith of Northeast India' poetry reading title.
Freedy Boy Majaw of Meghalaya and Dziivinguno Dorothy Chasie from Nagaland were chosen for the jury’s special mention award.
The jury for the singing category were noted singer composer JP Das, Indian classical music exponents Nandita Sarma and Pragyan Barua, Ghazal maestro Anirban Das and Ahmedabad based music composer Anup Phukan.
Bhupen Chakrabarty, Rakhee Kalita Moral, Asha Kuthari Choudhuri and Madhu Raghavendra were the jury for the poetry reading category.
From amongst the contestants, Aseto Zao of Nagaland and Meghdeep Deuri from Assam jointly bagged the 'Tunesmith of Northeast India' singing competition title.
Anamitra Khargharia and Debanjana Pujari, both from Assam were chosen for the Jury’s special mention award.
The prizes will be given away to the winners on November 5 at Guwahati during a memorial programme that day, to be organised by Guwahati Grand Poetry festival to commemorate Dr Bhupen Hazarika’s 9th death anniversary.