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World Poets’ Meet gets under way
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Poetry is a medium that cuts across barriers of religion, caste and community to bring people together and is an effective tool to convey the truth, Kendra Sahitya Akademi Central Committee member K. Siva Reddy said on Saturday.
Speaking at the inaugural session of Amaravati Poetic Prism 2020, the sixth international multilingual poets’ meet on Saturday, Mr. Siva Reddy a recipient of honours like the Saraswati Samman and Kabir Samman said such events help kindle a spirit of harmony and peace.
The two-day poets’ meet is organised by the Cultural Centre of Vijayawada and Amaravati (CCVA), in association with the Centre of Excellence for Studies in Classical Telugu (CIIL), Department of Language and Culture, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The event, organised in virtual mode, saw participation of 162 poets from 32 countries representing 40 languages.