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Our ancestors fought for survival, we are fighting for the right discussion – Mewar Fest

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Udaipur, 30 March (HS). A two-day festival of discussion and reflection on art and literature, Mewar Talk Fest, was inaugurated by Bappa Rawal of Golden Jubilee Guest House at Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur, with the aim of making the people of Mewar face to face with the personalities of the world of art and literature and giving them a taste of quality literature. Happened in the auditorium. On the very first day of this festival, which was organized with a view to connect young thinkers with literature and thinking, the discussions by thinkers Lakshminarayan Bhala 'Lakkhi Da' and Rashmi Samant infused enthusiasm among the young thinkers and intellectuals.

Organized on the theme of Emerging India, this festival started colorfully with a dance performance on Ganesh Vandana by little girls Nirvi and Nitya. During this, Coordinator of Mewar Talk Fest, Ruchi Shrimali highlighted the need to organize the fest. Misha Shrimali presented the book based on AI and Raunak Upadhyay presented the introduction of the struggle for national identity.

On this occasion, BP Sharma, Madan Mohan Tank, Govind Aggarwal, Rajendra Lalwani, Naresh Kumar Yadav, Dr. Sunil Khatik, Sandeep Singh Rathod, Kapil Paliwal, Hemant Joshi, Satish Aggarwal and a large number of intellectuals and young thinkers were present. Ayushi conducted the program.

Rashmi Samant, the first female student union president of Oxford University and author of “A Hindu in Oxford”, spoke about her journey from the temple town of Udupi in India to Oxford in the inaugural session of Mewar Talk Fest and said that the Oxford Dictionary has recommended studying in this university. Created a curiosity. While studying at Oxford University as a mechanical engineering student, he gave the beginning of the Western concept of Sanatani culture and his bitter experiences from the sentence written below the Ganesh idol. He said that Western culture has attacked our history, art, culture and traditional values ​​at every step and these bitter experiences in Oxford started the trumpet of revolution there.

In this session, he expressed the need for the youth to give up the mentality of slavery and develop leadership abilities and inspired them to strive for success with positive thinking and with high intentions. The moderator of Rashmi Samant's discussion session was Dr. Kunjan Acharya, Chairman of the Journalism Department of Sukhadia University and litterateur.

In the second session of Mewar Talk Fest, constitutional expert, social worker and cultural activist, writer Lakshminarayan Bhala 'Lakkhi Da' revealed the secret of the pictures representing Lord Ram and Krishna as well as Sanatan culture and historical events within the Constitution of India and spoke on related topics. Discussed in detail. Bhala, an art-loving writer and well-versed in Sanskrit, Hindi, English, Assamese, Bengali, Marathi, Nepali and Marwari languages ​​and Odia and Gujarati script, while discussing his book 'Constitutional expressions and drawings', said that painter Nandlal Bose had painted various pages of the Constitution. The pictures engraved by him are not for decoration but based on the subject matter and environment of each page. He said that there is a specific meaning behind every page of the Constitution and the picture engraved on it which echoes the content and sentiments of the page. He also praised the beauty of the paintings and the craftsmanship of the painter. He also described the background of writing the book based on the expressions of the pictures in the Constitution and gave detailed information on its subject matter. He also presented the story of the making of the Constitution. The moderator of the Javelin session was Rajshree Chauhan of Law College.

During the program, chief guest Kashti Foundation head Shraddha Murdia, Lakshminarayan Bhala, BP Sharma, Madanmohan Tank, Govind Aggarwal etc. released Rashmi Samant's recently published Hindi book “Ramjanmabhoomi”.

Under Mewar Talk Fest, a book fair was also organized with the aim of making the youth fond of quality books and literature. More than 1 thousand books from 11 publishers have been displayed in it.

Fest coordinator Ruchi Shrimali said that there will be a third session of the fest on Sunday which will start from 9.30 am and will continue till 1 pm. Under this session, the film “Bengal 1947” will be screened at INOX. For this, interested spectators can book tickets online. During this, the audience will be able to discuss with the film's producer Aditya Akash Lama and the actor.