Kritya 2008, the fourth poetry festival celebrated by the Kritya organization, was held in Chandigarh (Punjab) in collaboration with the Punjab Arts Council and with the support of the Sahitya Akademi, CILL Mysore and other literary bodies in different countries.
During the three days of this Poetry Festival, we had readings of almost 50 prominent poets.
They included Ramakant Rath (Oriya) , Odveig Klyve (Norway), Keki Daruwala ( English), Natalia Toledo, Evelyn Holloway (Austria), Nand Kishor Acharya (Hindi), Triin Soomets (Estonian), Rocio Gonzalez (Mexico), Mamang Dai (Arunachal Pradesh), Hanane Aad (Lebanon, Uktamkhon Kholdorova (Uzbekistan), Kunwar Narayan (Hindi), Udaya Narayana Singh (Maithili), Ajmer Rode (Punjabi), Jaswant Deed (Punjabi), Parmindrejit (Punjabi), Jaswinder (Punjabi), Devneet (Punjabi), Nirupma Dutt (Punjabi), Neeru Aseem (Punjabi),
Dr. S. S. Noor ( Punjabi), Shri Kikkeri Narayan ,Purnima Varman, Vishvanath Prasad Tiwari (Hindi), Santokh Singh Dheer (Punjabi), Satyapal(Hindi), K. Satchidananadan (Malayalam), Margus Lattik (Estonia), Robin S Ngangom

(Imphal, Manipur), Chandra Prakash Deval ( Rajasthani) , Dilip Jhaveri (Gujrati), John Siddique (Irish), Vanita ( Punjabi), Surjit Juj ( Punjabi), Swaranjit Savi ( Punjabi), Araceli Mancilla Zayas (Mexico), Shambhu Badal (Hindi), Jiban Narah (Assam-India), Peter Waugh (Vienna), Surjit Patar ( Punjabi), Rati Saxena (Hindi), and Amit Kalla (Hindi).

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