Poetry is the language of the heart, capable of touching everyone’s heart, says Dr. Meenakshi Mohan
Athens (Greece): With more and more people coming up to read poetry in the coming days, it is a language of the heart capable enough to touch the hearts of people, said noted children’s writer, poet and artist Dr Meenakshi Mohan. She was speaking during the Meet the Author Programme conducted by the Writers Capital Foundation in association with Writers International Edition, Greece.
Poetry has been a part of children. As children, we all have grown up listening to and reading poetry and for this very reason, it has a greater influence on our lives. We need to expose children to poetry as much as we can so that just like a sponge they will absorb the content in it, Dr Meenakshi said adding that it is as much exposure we give they develop an interest in reading habit. The programme also discussed ‘Tapestry of Women in Indian Mythology’ an anthology of poetry by seventy poets edited by Dr Meenakshi Mohan.
Writers Capital International Foundation Secretary-General Irene Doura Kavadia presided over the programme. Chief Human Resources Officer Johanna Devadayavu, executive board member Joan Josep Barcelo, Poet Ramakrishna Perugu, Writers International Edition advisory board member Theodoros Dalmaris, executive editor Despena Dalmaris and other dignitaries participated in the event. Renowned poet Meera Vineeth introduced the author.
Filippo Papa born in Leonforte (EN) in 1986 is an eclectic Sicilian visual artist who has been included, among the most significant exponents of the contemporary art scene, in the two most important Italian publishing publications such as the Atlas of Contemporary Art published De Agostini and CAM Mondadori. In addition, he is the winner of the Italy prize for photography 2022. His art finds its maximum expression ranging from architectural photography – characterized by contact with the divine through the extreme synthesis of forms obtained from black and white and the strong contrasts between lights and shadows – and the performance in which his body is the protagonist, mirror of his many intimate and carnal facets. Movement becomes strength, gestures pay homage to myths and artists of the past. A new metaphysical vision that connects time and space by creating hybrid languages between the various forms of art.
Joan Josep Barcelo born in Palma de Mallorca (Spain) in 1953 is the author of numerous poetry books in Catalan and Italian which has received important international awards in his literary career such as the Dante 2021 award. His unique style is characterized by surrealism and abstraction, with references to a dreamlike and mythical, spiritual and carnal world, in search of a revolutionary concept. He tells us about the land and the sea, the polar landscapes and the desert, following the characteristics of a universe in which the word becomes the breath of a new time. Light and darkness dominate the language until desire is the spark of fire in search of infinity.
The Central University of Kerala came into being in 2009 under the Central Universities Act 2009. The University is founded on the noble vision of a ‘Caring Wisdom’ and is guided by the lofty ideals of academic and social commitment, moral steadfastness and intellectual and spiritual enlightenment, as reflected in the vision statement. From this humble beginning, the University has grown into an institution offering twenty-seven postgraduate and twenty-two research programmes with a total enrolment of around 2500 students. The campus of the University known as Thejaswini Hills is located at Periye, Kasaragod on 310 acres of land.
