Vomedh organises ‘Youth Connect’ event under Project Pagah

Srinagar, July 08, 2022:  Vomedh organized a musical event “Pagah Youth Connect” at Tagore Hall Srinagar under its famous project called “Pagah‟ to connect with youth.

The event was well attended by cross section of youth, witnessed some mesmerizing singing and dance performances by upcoming and talented youth artists.

Prof Fayaz Ahmad Nika, Finance Officer & Registrar incharge Central University of Kashmir was Chief Guest on the occasion.

Sanjay Saraf, a well-known socio-political leader and advisor of Jammu Film Festival was the guest of honor.

In his address, Prof Fayaz Ahmad Nika, the chief guest on the occasion applauded the efforts of Vomedh. He appealed to the youth to connect with such initiatives to preserve their culture and language.

The language and culture give one an identity and sense of belongingness and hence youth should not forget their roots, he added. He also distributed the awards and certificates to the participants.

The program started with the felicitations of the guests followed by the welcome address by President Vomedh Rohit Bhat. “Project Pagah took off as an initiative to promote Kashmiri language early this year and was received very well.

It is time now to connect youth with Pagah. Without the engagement and participation of youth, any initiative for language or culture cannot be successful. Pagah youth connect will be a series of events which will connect and engage youth primarily.

The events will be around music, dance and entertainment. However, the primary objective will be the propagation of love for Kashmiri language and culture. Moreover, the focus will be to give platform to upcoming and promising artists and language will be Kashmiri”, he said.

This was followed by Rouf performances of two talented groups. There was a solo dance performance by Meher too.

Sanjay Saraf also applauded Vomedh for his initiatives across J&K.

“Vomedh is a leading 14-year-old cultural organization of J&K. It has to its credit hundreds of theatre shows, scores of cultural events and the feat of organizing Jammu film festival. I think the youth connect program is a much-needed platform and I congratulate Vomedh on this initiative” he said.

He also promised that the best performer from this event would get to perform in prestigious Jammu Film Festival scheduled to be held in Jammu in September this year.

The singing performances by the young and talented artists mesmerized the audience. The variety of genre and finesse over the Kashmiri lyrics won the hearts of the audience and demonstrated that there is no dearth of talent amongst the youth.

The event ended with felicitations and distribution of awards and certificates. Rashid Nizami, a well-known anchor of J&K who has been anchoring all almost all the events of Vomedh in the valley, very well anchored this event as well.

Manzoor Ahmad Mir, a well-known theaterist presented the vote of thanks.

“We are committed to work towards preservation of our mother tongue which is losing its ground very fast. Kashmiri is not used as first language at homes anymore and overall, the future of the language looks very bleak. We announced project Pagah this year on international mother tongue day to specifically work for preservation of Kashmiri language. We will continue doing engaging programs under Project Pagah to take this initiative forward with the support of the people of valley”, said Rakesh Roshan Bhat while explaining thought behind the event.