ramnath shastri was the mother of modern poetry in dogri language.
ramnath shastri was the mother of modern poetry in dogri language.
name the mother of modern poetry in dogri language?
ramnath shastri
dogri has an established tradition of poetry, fiction and dramatic works. recent poets range from the 18th-century dogri poet kavi dattu (1725–1780) in raja ranjit dev’s court to professor ram nath shastri and mrs. padma sachdev. kavi dattu is highly regarded for his "barah massa" (twelve months), "kamal netra" (lotus eyes), "bhup bijog" and "bir bilas". "shiraza dogri" is a dogri literary periodical issued by the jammu and kashmir academy of art, culture and languages, which is a notable publisher of modern dogri literary work, another being the "dogri sanstha". popular recent songs include "pala shpaiya dogarya", "manney di mauj" and "shhori deya". the noted pakistani singer malika pukhraj had roots in the duggar region, and her renditions of several dogri songs continue to be popular in the region. some devotional songs, or bhajans, composed by karan singh have gained increasing popularity over time, including "kaun kareyaan teri aarti".
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prof. champa sharma was born in daghore, samba district of jammu and kashmir in a brahmin family. she has graduated in b.ed. in 1962, m.a (sanskrit) in 1964 and ph.d (sanskrit) in 1975 from university of jammu. she has also graduated with m.a in dogri language (shiromani) in 1977. after teaching at a private college (republic academy) and later as an ad-hoc lecturer in sanskrit at government women's college, gandhi nagar in 1969 in the initial part of her career, she taught at the post graduate department of sanskrit at university of jammu in 1975 for a period of 5 years before joining dogri research centre as a senior fellow and director. while being associated with the dogri research centre, prof. champa sharma worked on securing a full-fledged post graduate department status for dogri language at university of jammu and was appointed in 1983 as the first head of department of dogri at university of jammu.
champa sharma