YA GOVERNMENT COLLEGE FOR WOMEN

NATIONAL WEBINAR  ON  AADHUNIKA KAVITVAMU-BHINNA REETHULU

Date: 20-01-2022

AIMS & OBJECTS

There is considerable variety and diversity in the forms and content of Modern poetic works. The format of modern poetry has varied from epic poems to haikus and the content has taken within its fold diverse issues relevant to the current times. The modern poetry is also showing signs of being unshackled from the restrictions of being in conformity with metric requirements. It may not be possible

to touch upon umpteen aspects of modern poetry in a webinar held for half a day. In view of this, we have designed this webinar with a focus on the important contemporary issues of environmental protection and issues concerning the farmers so as to elicit the views of the modern poets on such issues. We hope that the faculty and research students would be able to widen their horizons on these issues after listening to the speeches of various renowned poets, critics and professors in this webinar.

REPORT

A National webinar on the topic of “Diversity in Modern poetry“ was held on 20.01.2022 by the Telugu Department of Yarlagadda Annapoornamba Government Degree College, Chirala. The webinar was presided over by Smt. Ch. Ramanamma, Principal of the college. In her address, she drew attention to the proud history of the college and underlined the efforts being made to expand the horizons and

inculcate the spirit of research in the faculty and students by organising such webinars frequently. Sri. Juluri Gauri Shankar, an eminent poet and Chairman of Telangana Sahitya Academy who graced the webinar as the Chief Guest lamented

the unavailability of prominent poetry on the history and plight of farmers. He expressed concern that the said issue suffered neglect in modern poetry. He congratulated the organisers for holding the webinar on the poetry dealing with contemporarily relevant issues of environmental protection and problems of farmers.

Sri. Dabhasayanam Srinivasacharyulu, famous poet and literary critic, spoke on the issue of poetry concerning the farmers and expressed happiness that the poetry that came up in this area has been successful in making the general public aware of the plight of farmers. He pointed out that the modern poetry not only brought the current state of the farmers into focus but has also shown the way forward to

mitigate their problems.

Dr. Sunkara Gopal, Head of Telugu Department of DRG Government Degree College, Tadepalligudem and well known poet-cum-literary critic, spoke on the issue of poetry concerning environmental preservation. He made detailed references to poetry which dealt with the harmful effects of factory effluents and indiscriminate usage of plastic on the environment and the issue of global warming. He drew attention to the poetry which emerged on these issues at the national level as well as international level.

Dr. Nallapaneni Vijayalakshmi, Head of Telugu department and Chief Organiser of the webinar explained that the main r

environmental protection and farmers problems, attention so far, as the focus areas of interest of the faculty and students in these areas. Smt. P. Sudha Balabharathi, Smt. Nirmala Kumari, Smt. Bhagyalakshmi and Sri. Malleswara Rao, faculty members of the college participated in the webinar. 180 lecturers and research students from both the Telugu states attended the webinar.

OUTCOME

The lecturers and research students who attended the seminar have been able to widen their awareness and consciousness with regard to the poetry dealing with the issues of environment and farmers eminent poets, literary critics and professors having of the said genre of poetry.