Indian, Irish poets create cultural event

Irish and Indian poets are all set to celebrate a week-long festival.

London: Some of Ireland`s most distinguished poets have joined together with their Indian counterparts to celebrate a week-long festival of languages and culture in New Delhi, Hyderabad and Kolkata.

Believed to be the first event of its kind, this cultural festival provides the literary traditions of India and Ireland an opportunity to build on the shared history of excellence in poetry from WB Yeats and Rabindranath Tagore to today`s finest writers and critics, including Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney. The first event, which takes place in Kolkata tomorrow, has been supported by the British Council and Queen`s University Belfast, where many of the participating Irish poets are based, a university release today said. Those taking part from India are: Ashoke Viswanathan; Jayanta Mahapatra; Sunil Gangopadhyaly; Professor Nabaneeta Dev Sen; Srijato and Manang Dai. Bureau Report