Rajkamal celebrates new trends in Hindi writing
Leading Hindi language publisher Rajkamal Prakashan organised a day-long Hindi Sahitya Utsav at Oxford Book Store in New Delhi on 19 March 2017. The itinerary of discussions included topics such as language and society; youth and campus; translations; religion and power; the reality of Hindi today, and Monto’s stories in radio, among others. The event, attended by well known authors such as Mrinal Pande; Urvashi Butalia; Maitreyi Pushpa; Vidya Shah; Piyush Mishra; Anu Singh Choudhary; Nilima Sin
24 Mar 2017 | By PrintWeek India
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Poet Vinay Vishwas during the event
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(From left) Vinay Vishwas, Arun Gemini and Ashok Maheshwari of Rajkamal Prakashan
![RJ Syema shares her experience of reading Manto’s stories in Radio Mirchi, as part of Ek Purani Kahani. PrintWeek India talked to RJ Syema about ‘Listening to Manto on Radio Mirchi’ (http://www.printweek.in/features/listening-manto-radio-mirchi-17201)](https://cdni.autocarindia.com/utils/ImageResizerv2.ashx?n=http://img.haymarketsac.in/printweek/IMG/296/53296/3.jpg&w=800&h=500&q=70&c=1)
RJ Syema shares her experience of reading Manto’s stories in Radio Mirchi, as part of Ek Purani Kahani. PrintWeek India talked to RJ Syema about ‘Listening to Manto on Radio Mirchi’ (http://www.printweek.in/features/listening-manto-radio-mirchi-17201)
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Piyush Mishra reads from his book Kuchh Ishq Kiya Kuchh Kaam Kiya
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Panini Anand during the event
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Panini Anand and Shazi Zaman during the event
![(From left) Kshitiz Roy, Divya Prakash Dubey, Neelima Singh Chauhan, Saurabh Dwivedi and Nishtha Gautam during the panel discussion on ‘Pyar Ka Panchnaama: Youth Aur Campus’](https://cdni.autocarindia.com/utils/ImageResizerv2.ashx?n=http://img.haymarketsac.in/printweek/IMG/300/53300/7.jpg&w=800&h=500&q=70&c=1)
(From left) Kshitiz Roy, Divya Prakash Dubey, Neelima Singh Chauhan, Saurabh Dwivedi and Nishtha Gautam during the panel discussion on ‘Pyar Ka Panchnaama: Youth Aur Campus’
![(From left) Irfan, Trishna Gupta, Sailesh Bharatwasi, Rajeev Prakash Khare and Shiraz Hussain during the panel discussion on ‘Hindi: Jaisi Dikhti Hain’](https://cdni.autocarindia.com/utils/ImageResizerv2.ashx?n=http://img.haymarketsac.in/printweek/IMG/293/53293/8.jpg&w=800&h=500&q=70&c=1)
(From left) Irfan, Trishna Gupta, Sailesh Bharatwasi, Rajeev Prakash Khare and Shiraz Hussain during the panel discussion on ‘Hindi: Jaisi Dikhti Hain’
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Panini Anand and Shazi Zaman
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Piyush Mishra with a visitor
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A discussion on translation
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Visitors during the event
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Piyush Mishra read his poems and also performed during the event
![Anu Singh Choudhary, Vidya Shah, Piyush Misra and Matreyi Pushpa during the panel discussion on ‘Apni Chuni Rahein: Kya Maksad Kya Haasil’](https://cdni.autocarindia.com/utils/ImageResizerv2.ashx?n=http://img.haymarketsac.in/printweek/IMG/287/53287/14.jpg&w=800&h=500&q=70&c=1)
Anu Singh Choudhary, Vidya Shah, Piyush Misra and Matreyi Pushpa during the panel discussion on ‘Apni Chuni Rahein: Kya Maksad Kya Haasil’
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Piyush Mishra with visitors
![Divya Prakash Dubey made a presentation titled ‘Storybaazi’](https://cdni.autocarindia.com/utils/ImageResizerv2.ashx?n=http://img.haymarketsac.in/printweek/IMG/299/53299/16.jpg&w=800&h=500&q=70&c=1)
Divya Prakash Dubey made a presentation titled ‘Storybaazi’
![Anu Singh Choudhary, Vidya Shah, Piyush Misra, Matreyi Pushpa and Urvashi Butalia who were part of the panel discussion on ‘Apni Chuni Rahein: Kya Maksad Kya Haasil’](https://cdni.autocarindia.com/utils/ImageResizerv2.ashx?n=http://img.haymarketsac.in/printweek/IMG/286/53286/17.jpg&w=800&h=500&q=70&c=1)
Anu Singh Choudhary, Vidya Shah, Piyush Misra, Matreyi Pushpa and Urvashi Butalia who were part of the panel discussion on ‘Apni Chuni Rahein: Kya Maksad Kya Haasil’
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