Literary Confluence 2025: When Literature Found Its Many Voices

By Our Correspondent

Agartala, August 19, 2025

The monsoon clouds could not dim the glow of words and art as 'Amader coffee House' Literary organisation hosted "Literary Confluence 2025", an evening where writers, readers, editors, artists, and performers met in a rare communion of ideas and creativity at the Agartala Press Club.

Unlike a conventional seminar or award function, the program unfolded as a multi-layered performance— remembrance, recognition and artistic celebration. Live painting, children’s music, poetry readings, and spirited conversations stitched together in the evening.

At its heart lay a tribute to memory. The gathering honoured the late Dinabandhu Acharya and Agnikumar Acharya, whose love for literature had inspired many. Their remembrance was marked not with silence but with creation—songs by children of 'Saraswati Sanskriti Angan', Vedic Mantra by Shibani Bhattacharya.

The awards segment brought both pride and poignancy. The "Dinabandhu Acharya Memorial Honor" was awarded to Niyati Roy Barman. The "Sahitya- Sathi" Award recognized Sikta Chakraborty and Amit Kumar Nath. The "Nabin Samman" (Young Talent Award) was conferred on Anirban Debnath, his mother Phulon Debnath receiving it amid an atmosphere heavy with emotion.

Interwoven with these recognitions were performances that lent texture to the evening: "Rabindra Nritya" presented by Srijita Banik and Sharmistha Bhattacharya, the play-reading (shrutinatak) by Sasim Acharya with Gitasree Bhowmik, and soulful "Rabindrageeti" by Dr. Debjani Bhattacharya. Children’s awards for painting, alongside poetry recitations, reminded the audience that the future of literature rests in the voices of the young.

The program also hosted a dialogue among editors and writers, moderated by 'Amader Coffee House' editor Palash Acharya. He underlined the relevance of the little magazine movement in shaping Bengal and Tripura’s literary landscape. Around him, senior authors including Sudhin Dasgupta, Nandita Dutta, Parijat Dutta, Dr. Ashish Kumar Baidya, Biswajit Roychowdhury carried the conversation forward.

What stood out was the seamless fusion of different art forms. Painters like Pantha Das and Swarnita Dutta worked on canvases while discussions went on, proving that literature does not stand apart from other creative expressions but thrives in dialogue with them.

The evening closed not with a single concluding remark, but with the sense that literature itself had spoken in many voices—through memory, recognition, performance, and conversation. Programme left its audience with the assurance that even in a fast-moving digital age, the heartbeat of literature remains strong.

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