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Here the minds blow without fear

The élan of Ramanujam and talent of Ashok in conducting literary congregations are exemplary, says Deepa Raparla

MAKING THE seemingly impossible possible is rather a petite gathering, trying to evoke and celebrate the richness in creativity.

With their nonchalant sharing of views and opinions of a man, who is no less than a legend himself and for whose work of art, all the ace adjectives go in vain to glorify. Yes, we are talking of the legendary Rabindranath Tagore who is long gone in the flesh, yet exist everywhere with his ultimate magnum opus, Gitanjali, that raised our eye-brows and made us think and ponder over it endlessly.

The 143rd birth anniversary celebration of this celebrated man organized at the Ashok Book Center in the city on Friday drew an interesting mix of people from diverse age groups.

Mesmerising all book-lovers was an excellent display of Tagore's work in Hindi, Telugu and English.

The young and innocent faces uttered the high-strung words by Tagore in their childlike style.

Once again, Ashok stood out in the crowd as an organiser of the event, which lay bare his tremendous interest in improving the standard of life through good reading habits.

The proficient Ramanujam, from the renowned Loyola, opted to be the showman.

Some of the best literary professionals in the city -- Rama Chandra, Parthasarathy and Ramani -- who are all part of the cream of the Siddhartha institutions in the English faculty, teamed together become judges.

With all the literary brains in one room, the place had the right appeal and zeal, which caught on. "It is something that I have been doing on the request of a few people who are quite enthused about book-reading. Of course, I wish, we attracted more number of people," says the content Ashok.

With competitions like elocutions, reading and reciting for all the participants, the show was a fascinating display of amateur talent. "Crowd was meager, but, the quality is what matters," says Ramanujam.

Swarajya Lakshmi, dating back to the old times, reminding you of that perfect granny to any grand kid with her impressive communication skills, tuned the crowd to her words and made them laugh and reason out as well. With 78 years of wisdom, also a freedom-fighter, she decorated the place to give away the kids their prizes with which, they beamingly bowed and walked off in a cheer.

Birthday celebrations are meant for a reason. Especially when the individual is an achiever, the birthday turns out to be a memorable day for the long years and centuries to come. And, Tagore, our first Nobel Lauriat, is second to none.

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