Two-day District Level Hamdiya Naatiya Mushaira organized by LAACL Kargil begins

Kargil, March 12, 2025: In honor of the holy month of Ramadan-e-Kareem, the Ladakh Academy of Art, Culture & Languages (LAACL), Kargil, commenced a two-day District-Level Multilingual Hamdiya Naatiya Mushaira at Academy Hall today.

The event was graced by 22 poets from different parts of the district who described the virtues of Ramadan by rendering their poetic compositions in Purgi, Balti, Dard Sheena and Urdu languages.

Joint Director, Information, Ladakh, Imteeaz Kacho was the chie...

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Cultural Academy Leh Hosts Poetry Session Featuring Pramod Kumar Jain IAS

Leh, March 4, 2025: The Cultural Academy Leh played host to a poignant poetry session, “Despair and Hope,” featuring Chairman of the New Districts Committee, Pramod Kumar Jain IAS. The event showcased Mr. Jain’s literary prowess, as he recited poems from his published book, which explores the themes of resilience and hope during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mr. Jain also shared unpublished works, including poems inspired by his visits to Ladakh. The session included readings of his poems such a...

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Seminar on constitutional principles and democracy held in Kargil

Kargil, February 05, 2025: Ladakh Academy of Art Culture and Language (LAACL) Kargil today organized one-day Seminar/Mushaira/Afsana on constitutional principles and democracy at Cultural Academy Hall Kargil in which poets presented their verses in multiple languages. 

The theme of the Seminar was constitutional principles and democracy (“Aaen-e-usool aur Jamhuriyat”). The poets recited verses on democracy and constitutional values.

Padma Shree Awardee, Akhone Asgar Ali Basharat attend...

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Poet Jigmat Norboo demands revival of Urdu desk at Culture Academy, Leh

Leh, 27 January, 2025: Several delegations called on The Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor, Brigadier (Dr) B.D. Mishra (Retd), at the Lieutenant Governor’s Secretariat today. Advisor to the HLG Dr. Pawan Kotwal, IAS; Secretary Education Ms Bhanu Prabha, IAS; Deputy Secretary Culture Academy Leh Mr. Tsewang Paljor and Under Secretary Sumera Shafi, JKAS were present during the meetings.

In one of the meetings, Jigmat Norboo (Khayal Ladakhi), an Urdu poet from Leh, called on the HLG and he informe...

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