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| Balwant Thakur meets Union Culture and Tourism Minister | | |  Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, June 19: Eminent Cultural personality and former Cultural Diplomat of India to South Africa and Mauritius, Padmashiri Balwant Thakur met Sh. Gajendra Singh Shekhawat Hon'ble Union Minister for Tourism and Culture, Government of India at Srinagar and shared his cultural concerns relating to the development of art and culture in the UT of Jammu and Kashmir. On the occasion he also presented a copy of the monograph detailing his enterprising creative journey as a playwright, theatre director and cultural administrator/ambassador. With over 45 years of his experience of arts creation and cultural administration at local, national and international levels, Balwant Thakur has developed a vision for culture for the UT of Jammu & Kashmir in particular and for the nation in general. He stressed on the dire need of the professional handling of cultural institutions in the larger interest of the preservation and promotion of both tangible and intangible heritage. Balwant Thakur worked as Secretary J&K Academy of Art, Culture and Languages for over a period of eight long years and is credited for bringing a new cultural renaissance in Jammu and Kashmir. Following this he remained as the Regional Director of Indian Council for Cultural Relations of over Six years and brought Germany, Russia, Spain, Poland, Zambia, Laos, Tunisia, Malaysia, and Mauritius, Bangladesh to perform in Jammu. In the similar fashion he took the culture of J&K to England, Egypt, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakistan, Bhutan, Japan and France. Later he headed Indian Cultural centres based in Johannesburg (South Africa) and Mauritius. There has been a time when the cultural presentations of Jammu & Kashmir has been in a huge demand within India and outside the country as well. But now Jammu and Kashmir is not getting that prominence may be because of the poor level of presentations being produced these days. The reasons for quality deterioration are also required to be addressed. For that, regional, zonal and national institutions responsible for ensuring excellence are required to be professionally strengthened and creatively equipped.
Hon'ble Minister Sh. Gajendra Singh Shekhawat gave a patient hearing and desired to utilise his vast global experience for the betterment of the culture |
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