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Global Correspondent Report
The 9th World Haiku
Festival
WHFindia
Bangalore, February 2008
Dear Sketchbook readers,
vast is the ocean of
sacred words
which enlightens the universe
with divine vision
Rigveda 1.3.12
We, The World Haiku
Club India, are nurturing dreams of holding The 9th WORLD HAIKU
FESTIVAL in INDIA.
We propose to have a three-day festival—on
23rd, 24th and 25th of February 08 at H H Sri Sri Ravi
Shankarji’s The Art Of Living Ashram at Bangalore, the Garden
city of India.
India, a land of cultural and deep-rooted traditions has known
haiku from the time of Sri. Rabindranath Tagore. Unfortunately,
it is now relatively unknown as a practicing form of poetry and
children in schools and colleges hardly know the existence of
this nature / season’s poetry! One of the aims of holding this
World Haiku Festival in India is to create an opportunity to get
to know the poets of the world and to build awareness for this
ancient form of poetry in our country.
We are expecting
that a festival of this kind would stir-up a lot of interest
both in the minds of Japanese haiku poets as well as haiku poets
world over—for
haiku is deeply entrenched in the ‘present moment’—riding
on the lines of Zen which as you all know, has its roots in
Buddhism, which traces its roots to Vedanta.
We are in the process of crystallizing the three days event, the
time we would be together. But I felt that I needed to inform
you well in advance so that you could plan out your trip to
India. Bangalore is known for its temples and its scenic beauty
and if you have the time and the inclination, then the Taj Mahal
and the Buddhist places of interest can definitely be included
in your itinerary!
We have the Buddhist caves of Ajanta and Ellora, close to
Bombay. We can suggest a good reliable travel agent for your
sight seeing covering the Taj and Agra, Delhi and Rajasthan.
February is a good time to be in India, the weather would be
most congenial and pleasant. Aditya the Sun God, would be his
most friendly self!
I am looking forward to hearing a positive reply from you.
For any further details, please contact me at kalaramesh8@gmail.com
In haiku friendship,
Kala Ramesh
Director
WHFindia 08
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