NEW DELHI: Legendary poet and lyricist Gulzar recently attended the poem reading session at the closing ceremony of the literary festival ‘Spring Fever 2012’ in Delhi.
The third annual literature festival of Penguin Books concluded on a high note with Gulzar reading out best poems from his latest book ‘Neglected Poems’.
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“Epics may seem distant from our modern-day lives, but that is not right. After Pawan wrote this episode from the Mahabharat in relevance with people`s lives today, I realized it should reach out to more people,” he said.
“Translations are very important these days, since an average person can only know two to three languages. We have so many languages in India and poems are being written in as many of them. Also, a translator should be well-versed in both languages, the original and the one in which he is translating,” he added.
Penguin Spring Fever 2012 also witnessed performances by bands like Faridkot, Vedas and Qawwali.
Authors like Anupam Kher and Raghav Bhal also participated in the fest and the topics covered during the ten day festival varied from ‘Sex and romance outside the bedroom’ to the ‘New Indian Consumer’.
