Sukumar Choudhuri, the Creative Editor of Khanan  and the  recipient of  ‘Ekhon Kabita’, ‘Mayamegh’, ‘Durer Kheya’, ‘Sahityasetu’ and many other prestigious awards of repute has been invited to grace the legendary 'Bishwabangla Kabita  Utsav’  to be held at Port City Haldia, West Bengal  between 24th and  25th of February   2008. 

The two-day poetry festival will be inaugurated in the morn of 24^th of February 2008 in the auditorium of Indian Oil Management of Haldia Township. Two hundred global poets from different parts of the world will present their recent poems during the two-day festival. On 25^th of February 2008, at around 4 PM. Sukumar will also participate in the seminar on ‘Poetries of outide Bengal ~ its crisis and prospects’.

'Bishwabangla Kaabita  Utsav’  will be celebrating this colourful event for the fifth time here in West Bengal. They have invited Sukumar, the mainstay of the life force of the 80’s world of Bengali Poetry, to present his selective  poems and to share his views on Poetries of ‘Outside Bengal ~ its crisis & prospects’ both the days among many poets and dignitaries of the World.   Sukumar Choudhuri  is the Creative Editor of  Khanan, the Bengali  literary journal of our green city, which had been adjudged the Best little Magazine of India in Jalpaiguri Book Fair in the recent past and awarded ‘Munshi  Premchand Munshi  Award ‘ besides ‘Mahadiganta’  and other awards in its credit.

~  Ranjit Acharya / Publisher KHANAN