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CONNECTING CULTURES THROUGH POETRY - Sunday 2nd May 2010, 2pm To 4pm
CONNECTING CULTURES THROUGH POETRY - Sunday 2nd May 2010, 2pm To 4pm
CONNECTING CULTURES THROUGH POETRY - Sunday 2nd May 2010, 2pm To 4pm
Adieu to
the Dawn!
Meena Chopra
सबु ह का सरूज अब
मरेा नहीं है
Collection of Poems in Hindi
Brampton Library celebrates the opening of the South Asian Heritage Month with
Poet, Artist & Educator Meena Chopra's
visit & special reading from her newly released multilingual poetry books.
Sunday, May 2, 2010 Time: 2:00pm - 4:00pm, South Fletcher’s Library, 500 Ray Lawson Blvd. Brampton ON, L6Y 5B3
Coming to Canada from her native India, artist and poet Meena Chopra’s intense search has taken
her far beyond boundaries in finding her new identity.
All are invited to enjoy the readings from Meena's newly published multilingual poetry books.1) subah kaa
suuraj ab mera nahin hai. (Adieu to the Dawn in Hindi, Urdu & Roman Script) 2) Ignited Lines. 2nd Edition
(English) The work is transliterated into Roman script by Hindi poet & writer Suman Ghai and transliterated
into Urdu script by Urdu poetess & writer Nasim Syed. Reading would be in English, Hindi & Urdu. Signed
books by the author will be available. Some of Meena's art would also be showcased during the event.
Supported by: Hindi Writers’ Guild, CROSS CURRENTS Indo Canadian International Arts, StarBuzz
Learna Heartland Mississauga (Education Centre), South Asian Press Club, Aksharam(India)
” -Dr, Kailash Vajpeyi(India)
“Painting and poems go very well together. There is vitality in the forms, colours and the
words chosen by Meena Chopra. Here is a charming feast of lyricism in paintings and poems.”
-Dr. L.M. Singhvi
-Tejendra Sharma(England)
“A characteristic of her style is that physical sensations beautifully blend with abstract thought.
Yearning for fulfillment is attended upon by consciousness of fragmentation.” -Dr. Shalini Sikka,
The Quest, (India) 1996.
“She unveils shimmering facets of love, possession, mind and self with sensitivity.
She is delicate but strong, gentle yet sharp, vulnerable yet proud. Self-actualization
is more a matter of routine than effort; it is the moment beyond the ones of self
knowledge that she wants to live up to, and become, not a mererhapsody in search of
life but a rhapsody in search of the deeper self. In this sense she is her own Sun…”
-Gautam Siddharth, The Pioneer, (India) 28.9.1996
“The embryonic bond that she shares with nature forms is the keynote of her work. Words
freeze the impalpable fears, finding their refuge in the womb of earth”.
- First City Delhi, (India) 1999
From the book launch 28th Feb.20 10 - Hindi Poet connects Cultures - J.P. Antonacci March 01, 2010, Mississauga News.
....Chopra showcased poetry and paintings that reflect her Indian heritage and Canadian experience, in an approach
Indian Consul M.P. Singh called “unselfconsciously multicultural.” Mississauga-Brampton South MP, Navdeep Bains
acknowledged how anxious everyone, himself included, was to watch Canada take on the United States, but noted that
the presence of so many writers, artists and well-wishers from the Hindi community and beyond was a sign of support
for the cross-cultural connections Chopra advocates.“I consider Meena not only a poet and an artist, but a bridge-
builder,” said Bains of Chopra, “She does not recognize any borders – her experiences are universal,” agreed Suman
K. Ghai, a longtime friend and co-founder of the Hindi Writers Guild.
Contact: meenachopra17@gmail.com, Cell:905 819 8142, www.meenasartworld.blogspot.com