ALSphere Foundation
To honor literary luminaries and artists for their invaluable contribution in the field of art, culture, and literature, Asian Literature Society and Journal of Asian Art, Culture and Literature (JAACL) organized ASIA FORUM CHAPTER 5 on 7th August 2021 at 6PM with the focus on Srilanka.
List of Participants:
Ms. Sakina Mohammed – Poet, motivational speaker
Mr. Pramudith D Rupasinghe – Novelist, humanitarian
Ms. Dimithri Wijerathna – Poet
Ms. Neeti Parti, Programme Coordinator, educationist, author, and poet
The Founder of Asian Literary Society and Editor-in-chief JAACL, Mr. Manoj Krishnan opened the inaugural session of the forum. He welcomed the participants and viewers and introduced Ms Neeti Parti as the Moderator.
Ms. Neeti Parti took over the forum with gratitude and recited a self-composed poem titled ‘Peaceful Whispers’ in honor of the congregation and the ALS mission. Thereafter, she introduced the eclectic panel of multi-faceted and talented creative writers and followed it up with three rounds of reading, recitation, and insightful questions.
Ms. Sakina Mohammed initially shared a poem on the glory of Srilanka. Her second composition was a motivational piece on ‘Self-worth’. She concluded with a message for the youth and their struggle during pandemic times.
Mr. Pramudith D Rupasinghe spoke about how Srilanka had inspired his writing. Thereafter he shared two interesting humanitarian prose pieces on ‘Ageing’ and ‘Loneliness’ which were based on his observations of people wherever he had stayed.
Ms. Dimithri Wijerathna read out a self-composed poem to begin the session. Thereafter she shared the summary of a play she had written about healthy eating habits and enacted one of the main characters. She concluded with an appeal to the children to develop a habit of reading as a road to creative writing.
Mr. Manoj Krishnan closed the forum by offering the Vote of Thanks.
The event has been archived on the YouTube channel of the Asian Literary Society and can be viewed through the following link: https://youtu.be/RUNTYRS5xes
