Mahilpur: Shiv Kumar Bawa: A Kavi Darbar and a seminar was organized at village Dandian in the memory of noted Punjabi poet Ajaib Kamal. Wife of Ajaib Kamal, Raj Kaur, writer Dr Suhindarbir, Dr Amarjit Singh and Dr Sukhwinder Singh presided over the function while Kharak Kaur Canada, Kamaljit Singh Canadal, Harwinder Kaur Nairobi, Supinder Singh Newzealand, Bahadur Singh Jalandhar, Principal Jagmohan Singh Baddon and Gurdial Singh Canada were the guests of honour on this occasion.
Principal Dr. Sukhwinder Singh Randhawa was awarded with Ajaib Kamal Memorial Award on this occasion for his contributions to Punjabi literature. Dr. Sukhwinder Singh Randhawa is the Principal of Guru Nanak College Sultanpur Lodhi.
In his address on this occasion, Dr. Randhawa said that the young generation have been writing good literature and they are needed to be motivated. He further said awards given by Punjab Government are awarded to the near ones of the political leaders than to the deserving writers.
Dr Suhindarbir Singh from GNDU Amritsar, Dr Amarjit Singh from Khalsa College Amritsar, Dr Sukhwinder Singh from Sikh National College Banga, Madan Veera, Amrik Dogra, NRI Harguryodh Singh and others also addressed the seminar.
Kavi Darbar was started by children of Ajaib Kamal Jaskiran Kaur and Gurinderjit Singh, who recited the poems of Ajaib Kamal. Amrik Dogra, Navtej Garhdiwala,Preet Neetpuri, Dr Suhindarbir, Sukhdev Nadalon, Harminder Sahil, Shiv Kumar Bawa, Shairi Dandian, Paramjit Pamma Painter, Pammi Khushalpuri, Deep Arman Khairarh, Sippi Makhsoospuri, Amarjit Kaur Amar, Paramjit Kajal, Gursharanjit Singh Nadalon, Gurmail Singh, Shubhkaran and Harwinder Kaur recited their poems on this occasion and made the environment poetic.