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Friday, September 19, 2008

District Level Poem Competition in Nuwakot


September 9, 2009

Nuwakot District Level Poem Competition was held at the premises of Shakti Higher Secondary School, Madanpur, Dangmai, Nuwakot. Organized by Shakti Youth Centre Madanput, the program was participated by 15 students from various schools from the district. Bhagawati Pandey of Shakti Higher Secondary School won the first prize comprising of 3500 rupees and a certificate.

The program was basically facilitated by Children's Literature Foundation Nepal. Two of the Foundation's official, Mr. Kartikeya Ghimire, Vice President and Mr. Mahesh Paudyal, General Secretary walked all the way from Barahi, Nuwakot throw a trail of around ten kilometers on foot along a hilly topography amidst rain fluctuating between drizzles and torrents to attend the program, judge the participants, and give away the awards. It the first time the village saw a literary event of that magnitude.

Other dignitaries to attend the grand literarily events were Byakul Maila the author of the National Anthem, Mr. Pushkar Lohani, Senior Author and Mr. Shreeram Shrestha, social worker and writer and, Mr. Raj Kumar Baniya, journalist.

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