Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, Brigadier (Dr) BD Mishra (Retd) and First Lady Neelam Mishra inaugurated the 3rd Ladakh Literary Conference organised by Ladakh Academy of Art, Culture, and Languages (LAACL), Kargil at the Auditorium Hall, Kargil on March 27.

Lieutenant Governor thanked Hill Council Kargil for inviting him to the Conference and stated that the Conference shows the progressive nature of the people of Kargil towards the promotion of art and literature. He also expressed his happiness over the participation of artists from different backgrounds and different parts of Ladakh.

Calling cultural revival and literary awareness important, LG highlighted the importance of interaction for cultural revival and emphasized the need for keeping oneself rooted in one’s culture and literature and also taking progressive steps in these regards. He emphasized the need for the youth of the country to be aware of their identity, literature, culture, and legacy left behind by their ancestors. HLG stated that the youth will lose their root and identity if concrete steps are not taken for the preservation of the culture and literature for the upcoming generations.

LG stated that the purpose of organizing the two-day Literary Conference is to highlight the importance of celebrating and reminiscing one’s cultural and literary roots. He also advised the youth from Ladakh to stay true to one’s roots. The major challenge is to keep the younger generation to one’s roots and impress upon them not to forget their roots with time. He wished for the success of the literary conference and commended the organizers for providing a platform to schools from different cultures and backgrounds for interaction to foster better understanding and cooperation between them.

Chairman, LAHDC Kargil, Feroz Ahmed Khan expressed gratitude to the LG for taking part in the event. He raised the need for increasing the manpower along with appointing experts on vernacular languages in the Academy. He thanked writers from Leh for attending the two-day event.

Issa Sabri presented his paper on ‘the development of Purgi language and script’ followed by the paper presentation by Ven Thupstan Paldan on ‘Ladakhi language and literature-an insight.’