Nayaran Dhungana
Kathmandu, Oct 8 (RSS): Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has feted national poet Madhav Prasad Ghimire who recently turned 100 years. At a programme organized by the 100 birthday Felicitation Ceremony Committee and Marshyangdi Bangmaya Pratishthan at Nepal Academy Hall on Sunday, PM Oli commended that national poet Gimire has made extraordinary contributions to Nepal and Nepalis through literature.
PM Oli lauded, “We can find Nepaliness in the literary creations of Ghimire. Also we find a poet’s heart and poetic qualities. He has made a huge contribution in strengthening the nationalism.”
Stating that Ghimire employs a lot of metaphors and simile in his literary creations, Oli asserted, “When Ghimire talks about mountain, he is talking about the natural border and we can find the ‘Nepaliness’ aplenty in his creations.”
The PM, extending his best wishes to the centenarian poet a sound health, said that Ghimire and historian Satya Mohan Joshi were a source of inspiration to us.
Oli expressed his confidence that Ghimire would not contract any infections and diseases, arguing that he was loved by the government and the public.
Reminiscing his childhood when he had read Ghimire’s literary creations, PM Oli shared that he had read Ghimire’s ‘Gauri’, an elegy twice since, he said, he found it ‘poignant.’
Similarly, Nepali Congress leader Ram Chandra Poudel stated that Ghimire reigned the heart of Nepalis through his artworks in literature. He lauded Ghimire for elevating Nepal’s pride through his creations.
Ghimire was brought to Nepal Academy Hall from his residence in Lainchaur in buggy playing traditional musical instruments.
On the occasions, various literati had recited Ghimire’s poem and poems on Ghimire.
Madhav Prasad Ghimire was born at Bahun Danda of Lamjung on Asoj 6 in 1973 BS. A grand-father of 41-grand children, he forayed into literature through ‘Gyan Pushpa’ in 1992 BS and has penned more than two dozens of literary creations over his career spanning around 8 decades.
The organizers shared that plans are mooted to observe Ghimire’s birthday with hives of exciting activities throughout this year such as developing his birthplace as a literature museum.
As the programme progressed, the100-year-old poet remarked after felicitation that he was so moved by the warmth of the attendees in the event that he had shed the tears of joy for four times during the event.
Stating that such a historic event had never been experienced by him in the past, the national poet confessed that the PM’s encouraging words on him had further inspired him to live more and write more literature creations.
His latest creation ‘Rhitambhara’ is in the last leg of completion. Artists from Lamgunj district had performed unique dance and songs in the event.
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