Nagpur to Host 10th All India Muslim Marathi Literary Summit on April 26–27
All India Muslim Marathi Literary Summit
on April 26 and 27 at
Dhanwate National College
. The venue will be temporarily renamed 'Dr Akram Pathan Sahitya Nagari' for the event, which is being organised by the All India Muslim Marathi Sahitya Parishad. The summit will be presided over by former vice-chancellor of Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Dr U M Pathan.
In light of recent communal unrest in parts of Nagpur's old city, the choice of venue has drawn public attention. Addressing this, Jawed Pasha Kureishi emphasised that the summit's core aim is to promote peace, harmony, and cultural unity. "We are Marathi-speaking Muslims. We don't identify ourselves with the Mughals or Aurangzeb. Our identity is rooted in Marathi — the language we speak, write, and cherish," he said, while speaking to the media alongside Dr Bhola Sarwar and Dr Ramesh Pise.
The inaugural ceremony will be held on April 26 at 11 am, with Prof Anupama Ujgare from Mumbai formally inaugurating the event. Reception committee chairperson Prof Sharayu Taywade and several other dignitaries will also be present on the dais. Renowned
Muslim writers
and poets will be felicitated during the ceremony.
The concluding ceremony is scheduled for 5:30 pm on April 27. Former Rajya Sabha MP Husain Dalwai will attend as the chief guest, while MLC Adv Abhijit Wanjari will be present as the special guest.
by Taboola
by Taboola
Sponsored Links
Sponsored Links
Promoted Links
Promoted Links
You May Like
People Aged 50-85 With No Life Insurance Could Get This
Reassured
Get Quote
Undo
The summit aims to highlight the rich literary contributions of Muslim writers to
Marathi literature
, while reaffirming their cultural integration and addressing contemporary social concerns.
**Literary Events - April 26**
- Formal inauguration by Prof Anupama Ujgare at 11 am.
- Felicitation of prominent Muslim Marathi writers and poets.
- Release of literary books and summit souvenir 'Marhat Wani'.
- Three symposiums on themes in Muslim Marathi literature.
- Poetry recital by noted poet Dr Mirza Rafi Ahmed Beig in the evening.
- Play 'Sanmananiya Shandhanno' written by Firoze Kazi to be staged.
**Day 2 – April 27**
- Opening with one-act play 'Mai Fatima Bol Rahi Hun' by Prabuddha Rangbhoomi.
- Storytelling session featuring regional narratives.
- Symposium on Muslim education, reservation, and media's role.
- Second symposium on cultural and economic suppression of minorities.
- Evening session dedicated to women poets' meet.
- Concluding ceremony at 5:30 pm with former MP Husain Dalwai and MLC Adv Abhijit Wanjari.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Hindustan Times
10 minutes ago
- Hindustan Times
Hanging by a Thread
For many Indians — and it is a common experience for most college students — a conversation about caste is often a conversation only about reservations. Why reservation in education and jobs for people from historically backward castes is wrong? Or why is it right? Writer-director Akshay Parvatkar, 30, has had that experience all his life, and it became the fuel for his impassioned story in 'Hanging by a Thread', a film that ends with a rousing Dalit poem entreating and evoking the end of caste by Goa's poet-politician Vishnu Surya Wag. 'I got admission into college through reservation, but caste was never a big factor for me growing up. My father, a teacher, and mother, who had a government job, kept me shielded from the idea that society may see me differently because of my caste. But in my adult life, I have come across so many people who see caste only as that which allows for reservation. After hearing so much about caste from that lens, I also began to see my life differently. But the point is, there is caste everywhere in India,' Parvatkar, who now works as a writer and director in Mumbai, says. Caste has been unpalatable to Mumbai's film producers and cinema lovers, which perhaps explains why there are so few Bollywood films about caste. Nagraj Manjula's blockbuster Marathi film 'Sairat' (2016), which steered an inter-caste love story with a winning combination of realism and crowd-pleasing aesthetics and music, is an outlier. Neeraj Ghaywan ('Masaan', 'Geeli Poochi' in the anthology 'Ajeeb Daastaans', 'Homebound') is another director who has openly talked about his own Dalit identity and made caste an effective propeller in his films. Parvatkar takes a linear, no-fuss approach in his film language — depending equally on high-pitched drama and literal messaging to deliver his message. Rohit (Saiesh Sonawane) and Aditya (Ved Amonkar), two teenaged boys and best friends, play football at a neighbourhood field with boys older than them. When Rohit notices that the boys who wear a Hindu sacred thread — the Brahmin insignia handed down over several centuries — get different, more favourable treatment from the older boys who call the shots on field, Rohit decides to make a sacred thread for himself. What follows is a shame storm, culminating in blood-drenched thread hanging over a toilet, and a mother-son moment that conveniently sets the identity story right for Rohit — 'Caste doesn't define you,' his mom consoles, in lyrical Konkani. A still from the movie 'Hanging by the Thread'. The film has a distinct look and feel — the field has the danger and unpredictability of a battlefield, and the interiors of Rohit's unpretentious flat (the family home of the filmmaker) are a canvas for the awkward, tense build-up of unspoken caste consciousness in the Dalit family to which Rohit belongs. Cinematographer Abhiraj Rawale captures the smallest detail of the home, including a whirring Usha sewing machine, which becomes a symbol of labour, industriousness and even antiquity — qualities that the writer-director suffuses his writing with, when it comes to portraying what Indian society considers 'low caste'. After completing his education in Goa, Parvatkar decided to make a career out of his amateur storytelling and dramatics, which he chiselled through his college days. Made with a grant from the Museum of Goa and later funding from a Konkani writer-producer based in London, 'Hanging by a Thread' is Parvatkar's first professional work. 'I got together Goan film professionals who work in Mumbai and elsewhere, and made it like a guerrilla project. Because there are hardly any Konkani language films, it became about doing something that hasn't been done much. It kept the group motivated,' Parvatkar says. A moment from the movie. Earlier, Parvatkar has made the documentary 'Grandmother's School' (2020), about a one-of-a-kind school in Maharashtra's Fangane district, which is meant only for grandmothers to study in. His other film is a mockumentary 'The First Wedding' (2020), which subverted the hetero-normative stereotype by setting the story in a way that makes a heterosexual couple the outsider in a world in which homosexuality is the norm and celebrating 'the first heterosexual couple's wedding' the politically correct thing to do. At present, Parvatkar is at work on his next film, about the heady chaos of a woman unfolding on the day of her twenty-eighth birthday. 'Hanging by a Thread' continues to be screened at various venues across India, having premiered at the International Film Festival of India in Goa in 2024. 'Some festivals have rejected this film on the point of subtlety. It is not subtle about its message that caste is outdated and needs to be flushed out, and I meant the drama to be in-your-face, that was the point,' Parvatkar says. And some reposes have overwhelmed the filmmaker — 'Once a man came up to me after a screening and said he once did what the protagonist does in the film — make a sacred thread for himself to wear.' A scene from 'Hanging by the Thread'. In a world fast leaping into tech-fuelled utopia — or dystopia, however you look at it — seemingly insular to small details of real-life hustles, a film like 'Hanging by a Thread' at first seems quaint. It then reminds you that we live simultaneously in different ages. Even now, a boy who wants to kick a ball and score a goal can be intrigued by how a thread around his torso could upgrade his life in small but significant ways. DETAILS: Produced by: Herman Kirtan Budget: ₹4 lakh Running time: 20 minutes Language: Konkani Short Stream is a monthly curated section, in which we present an Indian short film that hasn't been seen before or not widely seen before, but is making the right buzz in the film industry and film festival circles. We stream the film for a month on HT Premium, the subscription-only section in Sanjukta Sharma is a Mumbai-based writer and film critic. Write to her at
Indian Express
10 minutes ago
- Indian Express
Voter deletions in Bihar draft rolls: 4 lakhs in Patna district to 26,256 in Sheikhpura
Bihar's draft electoral rolls published by the Election Commission (EC) as part of its Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise shows that more than 65 lakh voters have been dropped, which include about 22 lakh deceased, 7 lakh enrolled at multiple places, and 36 lakh electors who have either migrated permanently or were untraceable. Of the existing 7.89 crore voters as on June 24, 2025, when the EC announced the countrywide SIR starting with Bihar, 7.24 crore voters submitted their enumeration forms, according to the poll body. An analysis of the poll-bound state's draft electoral rolls indicates that the top 10 districts reporting maximum number of deletion of voters include Patna (3,95,500 voters), Madhubani (3,52,545), East Champaran (3,16,793), Gopalganj (3,10,363), Samastipur (2,83,955), Muzaffarpur (2,82,845), Saran (2,73,223), Gaya (2,45,663), Vaishali (2,25,953), and Darbhanga (2,03,315). The 10 districts which have seen lowest voter deletions include Sheikhpura (26,256), Sheohar (28,166), Arwal (30,180), Lakhisarai (48,824) Jahanabad (53,089), Kaimur (73,940), Munger (74,916), Khagaria (79,551), Buxar (87,645), and Jamui (91,882). 'Those who have grievances can approach electoral officers for any claims and objections to be submitted between August 1 and September 1,' said an EC official. The Muslim-dominated Seemanchal region in east Bihar has seen 2,73,920 voters deleted from Purnea district, 1,58,072 from Araria, 1,45,668 from Kishanganj, and 1,84,254 from Katihar. The AIMIM's Bihar spokesperson Adil Hasan Azad told The Indian Express: 'We have been creating awareness among the Seemanchal voters about the SIR process. The booth level agents (BLAs) of the Opposition parties have been also active on ground. Voters of this region have applied for residential certificates in bigger number than other places as many people did not have other documents out of the 11 sought by the EC for the SIR (for those whose names were not on the 2003 voters' list).' The RJD-led Opposition Mahagathbandhan said they would closely track the SIR's second phase of claims and objections to see if it has followed 'due process of voter deletions'. RJD leader and Buxar MP Sudhakar Singh said: 'We have serious doubts on EC's pruning of electoral rolls. We will soon get the numbers of claims and objections from voters, which could be overwhelming. Our BLAs are on the job.' CPI (ML) Liberation office secretary Kumar Parvez told The Indian Express: 'We are holding public hearings. We are also getting calls from some migrants who have not shifted permanently. By mid-August, we would get to know whether the EC has deleted a significant number of genuine voters as well.' The Mahagathbandhan has slammed the EC for not sharing the list of the 65 lakh deleted voters. Several electors have complained about their names being excluded from the draft rolls despite submitting their enumeration forms. As the EC has increased the number of booths, many voters have been shifted to booths different from their exiting ones, leading to their scramble in search of their names in the rolls. A section of them are also meeting their booth level officers (BLOs) to check the physical list. Kumar Parvez said, 'EC did not agree to share with us the list of dead and permanently shifted. It is humongous task for BLAs to cross-check voters in each booth on basis of draft rolls. The EC has put the onus on us. Those left out from the rolls would have a harrowing time during the claims and objection period'. RJD spokesperson Mrityunjay Tiwari echoed his views, saying 'We are going to hold jan sunvai (public hearing) soon to compile voters' grievances'. RJD leader and Leader of the Opposition (LoP), Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, while addressing a press conference in Patna Saturday, claimed that he could not find his name in the rolls by using his voter card (EPIC) number. Subsequently, the Patna district administration issued a statement, pointing out that his name is listed as a voter 'in polling station no. 204 in Bihar Animal Science University's Library Building (in the Digha Assembly segment), at serial number 416', which, it added, was previously listed 'in polling station no. 171 in Bihar Animal Science University's Library Building, at serial number 481'. EC sources said, 'Tejaswi Prasad Yadav used electoral roll with EPIC no. RAB0456228 for filing his nomination papers on affidavit in 2020. His name is there in the draft electoral rolls… His baseless argument that his name was removed has already been refuted.' EC sources also said, 'He (Tejashwi) was having this EPIC number even in the electoral roll in 2015… The other EPIC number RAB2916120 (cited by Tejashwi) has been found to be non-existing. More than ten years old records have been checked. No records have been found for the second EPIC number yet. It is highly likely that the second EPIC was never made through official channel. Further inquiries are on to understand the reality of the second EPIC number, whether that is a forged document.'
The Hindu
10 minutes ago
- The Hindu
Congress trying to defame Centre over BC reservation issue: Kishan Reddy
BJP senior leader and Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy has reiterated that the Congress government's attempt to provide 42% reservation to the Backward Classes (BCs) in local bodies would not at all benefit the BCs, as they would only get 32% reservation since the proposed BC reservations include 10% Muslim quota. He accused the Congress government of resorting to appeasement politics for political gains. Addressing a protest organised by the BJP OBC Morcha at Dharna Chowk on Saturday, Mr. Reddy said the reservations would indeed be around 32% for the BCs, as 34% reservations in local bodies were already in implementation before the BRS regime in the State. 'The Congress government has not completed the process to implement 42% reservations for the BCs. Instead, it's trying to defame the BJP and the Centre,' he said. Former Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao also reduced the reservations to 23% from 34% in the local bodies for BCs. Now, Mr. Revanth Reddy is also trying to reduce the reservations, he alleged. 'The people of Telangana are observing Revanth Reddy's anti-BC actions. Despite being in power in the State and at the Centre for many years, the Congress has not conducted a caste census. To do justice to the BCs, the Centre, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will conduct a caste census along with the population census. If the Revanth Reddy government is really sincere about the welfare of BCs, I demand that it offer 42% reservation to the BCs as announced,' he added. BJP State president N. Ramchander Rao also slammed the Congress for its attempts to stage a protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on August 6 over the issue of BC Bills. Mr. Rao said it is the responsibility of the Congress government to implement the two Bills passed by the Telangana Assembly in March this year, which provide 42% reservation to BCs in local bodies, education and employment. BJP senior leaders, including MP Eatala Rajender and MP (Rajya Sanbha) R. Krishanaiah, attended the meeting.
