Doha: Poetry, humour and satire had a free reign at “Holi Hasya Vyangya Kavi Sammelan and Geet Sandhya” organised by North Indian Association (NIA), Doha, Qatar. It was an entertaining poetic evening to celebrate the festival of colours - Holi - organised by the new NIA Managing Committee on April 2, 2021.
The programme was conducted virtually on zoom platform, which attracted a huge live audience from across the globe. Renowned international poets from India, Naresh Gupta ‘Naaz’, Dr Malvika Hariom and Dr Kamlesh Dwivedi graced the occasion as special guests and mesmerised the audience with their compositions. The in-house poets from Doha also actively participated and presented their poems and Holi songs.
The new Management Committee organized the first event of the year under the able guidance of Harish Kanjani, Patron and Founder, NIA.
Rajneesh Shastri, President of NIA, introduced the poets, while Sandeep Kumar Arya, Gen Secretary, welcomed the guests.
A panel of ten poets from Qatar - Jatinder Bajaj, Dr Meenu Parashar ‘Mansi’, Smriti Trivedi, Shalini Verma, Lalit Gururani, Shalini Garg, Priyanka Singh, Chandra Gururani, Vandana Raj, and Vishwanath Iyyer mesmerized the audience with their own verses.
Holi folk songs by Dr. Malvika Hari Om, Smriti Trivedi and Chandra Gururani were another highlight of the programme.
This program put the audience in splits of laughter in these gloomy days of pandemic. Priya Bhedi, Vice President, gave vote of thanks to all the audience and to the NIA Members, Managing Committee and Advisory Committee for their support.
NIA urged the Indian expatriate community to become its members and be a part of its vibrant culture.
