10 May (Ludhiana) - An anthology of poems Kosse Chanan-II was released by Dr. Surjit Patar at Punjabi Bhawan here yesterday. The first publication of Kosse Chanan Publishers contains writings of thirty poets from various countries. Writers hailing from Punjab and other states of India, USA, UK, Australia, Spain, Philippines and Hong Kong have written in the genres of geet, ghazal, nazm and blank verse in this book. This is the second such attempt by the members of Punjabi Poetry community on Orkut.com. Kosse Chanan Sath (Group) had come up with their first book Kosse Chanan in 2007 which was appreciated in India and abroad in the Punjabi speaking areas alike. This gave inspiration to the group to include poems of thirty writers instead of thirteen in the last book.
The book contains works of Dr. Lok Raj, Parminder Singh Aziz, Seema Sandhu, Rajveer, Yudhvir Singh Virk, Amrinder Singh, A.S. Sukh, Gurvinder Gill, Harjot, Dr. Sanket Kochhar, Iqbal Mavi, Arinder Arora, Ratinderpreet Kaur Anu, Sandeep Kaur Dhaliwal, Preet Dhanoa, Manu Raabia, Poornima Malhotra, Harkeerat, Amardeep Australia, Manisha, Jasleen, Arvinder Singh, Daman Tiwana, Gursharanjit Singh, Amrinder Sidney, Richa Singh, Saurabh Sharma, Jot Ghuman, Jaswinder Kaur and Manveer Singh.
The poets narrated a poem each and Jaswinder Mehram, Deep Jagdeep, Navdeep Kaur and Davvu Manku shared their views other than the chief guest Dr. Surjit Patar. Stage was managed by Parminder Singh Aziz. Dr. Patar congratulated all the writers and promised all kinds of help in future as well. He said that such efforts promise a good future for Punjabi language.
He also advised the young poets to learn and understand the technical aspects of different genres of poetry. He emphasized Kosse Chanan Sath on conducting annual workshops in poetry. Jaswinder Mehram suggested the new writers to read a lot and read the best.
Kosse Chanan Publishers have stepped into the field of publication to ensure reaching of the quality product to the maximum at the minimum cost.
The book has been cost at just Rs. 69. The copies of the book can be ordered at 9417042176, 9888499071 and 9888839186.
Dr. Surjit Patar also released the website of Kosse Chanan Sath during the event. This website is dedicated to Punjab, Punjabi and Punjabiyat where all Punjabis can share their thoughts and more and more features will be added to the website from time to time.
