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From Janmabhoomi to karmabhoomi
BEFORE HIS initiatives, Ayodhya was known as a perfect place to stage a communal-cum-political drama. It was a place with high communal tension due to the temple-mosque dispute. Now, after more than three years of dedicated effort, the town holds much more importance and meaning, because of the many cultural activities taking place over there. He is Yatindra Mishra, who has been conferred the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi National Integration Award for this year, in recognition of his initiative in giving Ayodhya a cultural image and developing a common platform for literature and classical art forms at a national level. The award is jointly given by the Indian Observer Group and the National Unity Conference.
Yatindra Mishra.
Given each year to a person who has done outstanding work in the fields of culture, fine arts, social service, cinema, journalism, commerce, medicine, sports and humanity, the Rajiv Gandhi National Integration Award has in the past been given to stalwarts like Ustad Bismillah Khan, Sonal Mansingh, Pandit Hari Prasad Chaurasia, GVG Krishnamurthy and others.
Mishra, a Hindi writer and music impresario founded the Vimla Devi Foundation Nyas in 1999 for the cause he had in mind. He says, "Our prime motive was to free Ayodhya from its communal image and to preserve as well as promote different forms of Indian classical music, dance and folk dance by providing them a platform at Ayodha."
Literature and classical music played a great role in his effort. On the one hand, maestros of various disciplines performed in the town and people's attention was attracted to the arts and away from prevalent communal issues; on the other hand, the Foundation's half-yearly publication Sahit presented a good example of confluence of different ideologies at the national level. The foundation also offers the Vimla Devi Samman and the Dwijdeo Samman to excellent works in the field of performing art and literature respectively, twice a year.
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