Book Release
On 9 March, in a highly meticulously planned
ceremony and amidst a packed Golden Jubilee Hall of Loyola, Fr Francis Parmar, our Provincial
released Premni Pankhe, the Gujarati
translation of Fr Shekhar Manickam’s
English poems On the wings of love by Fr Raymund Chauhan. Raymund’s love of literary labour was duly
recognized by Fr Francis who whetted the appetite for the book by situating it
in the wider context of Gujarati poetry. Mr. Raghuvir Chaudhary, an alumnus of
Xavier’s College and a renowned Gujarati Sahityakar hailed the commendable Christian
contribution to education and literature of the state. Kavi Yoseph Macwan and
Prof. R.R. Parmar, in their refined prose, gave a literary appreciation of some
of the poems. The soulful recitation of some of the original English poems by
Shekhar and its Gujarati version by Raymund left the critics puzzled as to who
translated which. Novice Hitesh Parmar
and Ms Reeta Shah played their due role as the masters of ceremony in making
the programme truly a Sahitya Sabha with taste.
Enjoyed reading Fr. Vinayak's creative description of the ceremony. Certainly, piqued my curiousity to read Premni Pankhe or On the Wings of Love.
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