Kanpur: The Shivani Centre for the Nurturing and Integration of Hindi and Other Indian Languages at IIT Kanpur, in collaboration with the Rajbhasha Prakoshth and students of the Hindi Sahitya Sabha, organised the Shivani Jayanti Celebration at the institute’s Outreach Auditorium on the 103rd birth anniversary of Hindi novelist Gaura Pant ‘Shivani’.A storytelling session was held by Katharang Group from Lucknow, which presented Shivani’s stories ‘Goonga’ and ‘Laal Haveli’. A lecture by Dr Rakesh Shukla on ‘Progressive Thought in Shivani’s Literature’ examined the progressive ideas reflected in Shivani’s writings. Later, a panel discussion — ‘Shivani’s Heroines: Love, Rebellion and Self-Determination’ — was held.
