Amit Parmessur

Amit Parmessur, 40, lives in Quatre-Bornes, Mauritius, where he spent his adolescence hating poetry before falling in love with its beauty. His poems have appeared in over 165 magazines, namely WINK, Setu, The Rye Whiskey Review, Night Garden Journal, Hobo Camp Review, Ann Arbor Review and Ethos Literary Journal. He is a two-time Pushcart Prize and two-time Best of the Web nominee.

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अभिमन्यु अनत

आपकी प्रिय सेतु पत्रिका में हिंदी के विश्वप्रसिद्ध साहित्यकार अभिमन्यु अनत के उल्लेख

अभिमन्यु अनत
9 अगस्त, 1937 :: 5 जून 2018

नौ अगस्त 1937, में मॉरिशस के त्रियोले ग्राम में जन्मे अभिमन्यु अनत, वर्तमान हिंदी के विश्वविख्यात सर्वोपरि साहित्यकारों में से एक हैं। हिंदी अध्यापक, और नाट्य कला विभाग में नाट्य प्रशिक्षक रहने के उपरांत वे महात्मा गांधी संस्थान, मॉरिशस में हिंदी के विभागाध्यक्ष, एवं सृजनात्मक लेखन व प्रकाशन विभाग के अध्यक्ष रहे। अनत जी महात्मा गांधी संस्थान, मॉरिशस की प्रसिद्ध हिंदी पत्रिकाओं 'वसंत' और 'रिमझिम' के संस्थापक भी हैं।

वर्षों तक वे हिंदी अध्यापन कार्य से सम्बद्ध रहे हैं। उनकी मूलतः हिंदी में रचित साहित्यिक कृतियाँ क्रियोली, अंग्रेज़ी, तथा फ्रेंच भाषाओं में अनूदित हुई हैं, तथा विभिन्न शिक्षण संस्थानों के पाठ्यक्रम में शामिल हैं। अनत जी की रचनाओं पर अनेक शोधकार्य भी हुए हैं।

सम्मान: सोवियत लैंड नेहरू पुरस्कार, मैथिलीशरण गुप्त सम्मान, यशपाल पुरस्कार, जनसंस्कृति सम्मान, उ.प्र. हिंदी संस्थान सम्मान, तथाासाहित्य अकादमी (भारत) की मानद महत्तर सदस्यता।

प्रमुख कृतियाँ: 

• उपन्यास: लाल पसीना
• नाटक: विरोध, तीन दृश्य, गूंगा इतिहास, रोक दो कान्हा, देख कबीरा हाँसी
• काव्य संकलन: कैक्टस के दांत, नागफनी में उलझी साँसें, एक डायरी बयान, गुलमोहर खौल उठा
• कथा संग्रह: एक थाली समन्दर, खामोशी के चीत्कार, इंसान और मशीन, वह बीच का आदमी, जब कल आएगा यमराज
• उपन्यासिका: लहरों की बेटी, मार्क ट्वेन का स्वर्ग, फैसला आपका, मुड़िया पहाड़ बोल उठा, और नदी बहती रही, आन्दोलन, एक बीघा प्यार, जम गया सूरज, तीसरे किनारे पर, चौथा प्राणी, लाल पसीना, तपती दोपहरी, कुहासे का दायरा, शेफाली, हड़ताल कब होगी, चुन-चुन चुनाव, अपनी ही तलाश, पर पगडंडी मरती नहीं, अपनी-अपनी सीमा, गांधीजी बोले थे, शब्द भंग, अस्ति-अस्तु, हम प्रवासी, आसमान अपना आँगन

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हेमराज सुंदर

जन्म: 13 जुलाई 1953; प्वेंत-ओ-पीमां, त्रियोले, उत्तर प्रान्त, मॉरीशस।

शिक्षा: मॉरीशस विश्वविद्यालय से हिन्दी में प्रथम पीएचडी. (1998, एमए. हिन्दी, अनुप्रयुक्त भाषाविज्ञान डिप्लोमा,पत्रकारिता डिप्लोमा, एमफिल (भाषाविज्ञान) साहित्य रत्न, विद्यावाचस्पति, डीलिट् हिन्दी-2009)।

प्रकाशन: ‘चेतना' (काव्यसंग्रह-1973), चुनौती' (काव्य-संग्रह-1979), ‘माध्यमिक हिन्दी निबन्ध' 1982, ‘सच्ची खबर' (काव्यसंग्रह-2001), ‘डॉ. मुनीश्वरलाल चिन्तामणि: एक समर्पित साहित्यकार' (साक्षात्कार-2001, ‘एक लघु ज्वालामुखी (काव्यसंग्रह-2001), ‘अस्वीकृति में उठे हाय (काव्य-संग्रह-2002), 'शीशे का सच
(काव्य-संग्रह-2012, 'सागरमोती' (काव्य-संग्रह-2013) भारत सरकार की तीन छात्रवृत्तियों से समादरित (1977, 1981, 2001)।
मॉरीशस सरकार की ओर से पी-एचडी. हेतु छात्रवृत्ति सोमदत्त बखोरी हिन्दी पुरस्कार हिन्दी प्रचारिणी सभा मॉरीशस (1995)।
अखिल भारतीय वादविवाद प्रतियोगिता - प्रथम पुरस्कार, केन्द्रीय हिन्दी संस्थान, आगरा (2002)।
कविता लेखन कहानी लेखन प्रतियोगिता प्रथम पुरस्कार कला एवं संस्कृति मंत्रालय मॉरीशस सरकार-1997-98)

अन्य: भारत एवं मॉरीशस के विभिन्न मंचों से काव्य-पाठ।
अनेक राष्ट्रीयअन्तर्राष्ट्रीय संगोष्ठियों में शोधपत्र प्रस्तुति।

सम्प्रति: संस्थापक, हिन्दी साहित्य अकादमी (मॉरीशस) 1996।
अध्यक्ष, हिन्दी साहित्य अकादमी (मॉरीशस)।
वरिष्ठ व्याख्याता, सृजनात्मक लेखन एवं प्रकाशन विभाग, महात्मा गाँधी संस्थान, मोका (मॉरीशस)।

संयोजक: पाठ्यपुस्तक लेखन पानेल (प्राथमिक स्कूल, पाठ्यपुस्तक लेखन पानेल (माध्यमिक स्कूल, NCCRD, Mauritius)

सम्पादक: वसंत’ एवं रिमझिम पत्रिकाएँ महात्मा गांधी संस्थान।

सम्मान: ‘साहित्यमनीषी, ‘मॉरीशस राष्ट्ररत्न' अलंकरण और राष्ट्रकवि सम्मानोपाधि, सृजनशिल्पी अलंकरण सम्मान, सुभद्रा हिन्दी भूषण अलंकरण, विश्वामित्रभारती, आजीवन मानद सदस्यतामॉरीशस साहित्यरत्न, सेठ गोविन्ददास हिन्दी गौरव अलंकरण, कादम्बरी हिन्दी सेवी सम्मानसृजनक सम्मान, जबलपुर (भारत, साहित्य-रथी’ (आगरा, 'सहस्राब्दी युगबोध पुरस्कार(राजस्थान, मनोसाहित्यशिल्पी (रायपुर, प्रशस्तिपत्र (आगरा, अप्रवासी भारतीय हिन्दी सेवी सम्मान (आगरा, साहित्य वैभव अलंकरण, विश्व हिन्दी गौरव सम्मान' आधारशिला, नैनीताल, ‘उपलब्धि 2012 सम्मान' (लखनऊ), ‘विश्व हिन्दी रत्न' (आगरा, ‘हिन्दी साहित्य मनन' सम्मान (आगरा, प्रशस्तिपत्र फिरोजाबाद) 2013, ‘साहित्य सेतु शिकोहाबाद) 2014।

सम्पर्क: सृजनात्मक लेखन एवं प्रकाशन विभाग, महात्मा गांधी संस्थान, मोका (मॉरीशस)।
ईमेल: hemrajsoonder@gmailcom
चलभाष: +230 5916 4726

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राजरानी गोबिन

मॉरिशस से प्रकाशित होने वाली मासिक पत्रिकाओं 'वसंत' तथा 'रिमझिम' की मुख्य सम्पादक डॉ. राजरानी गोबिन महात्मा गांधी संस्थान के सृजनात्मक लेखन तथा प्रकाशन विभाग की अध्यक्ष हैं।

संप्रति: वरिष्ठ प्राध्यापक, महात्मा गांधी संस्थान, मोका, मॉरिशस
पूर्व विभागाध्यक्ष, हिंदी विभाग, महात्मा गांधी संस्थान, मोका

सम्पर्क: सृजनात्मक लेखन विभाग, महात्मा गांधी संस्थान, मोका
ईमेल: rajranigobin@yahoo.com

प्रकाशन:

• अनेक साहित्यिक रचनाएँ, लेख व शोध-पत्र प्रकाशित हो चुके हैं
• अभिमन्यु अनत कृत 'रोक दो कान्हा' का फ्रेंच भाषा में अनुवाद किया है
• वयस्कों के हिंदी शिक्षण के लिये 'Apprenons Hindi, Introductory Course in Hindi' का प्रकाशन
• सन् 2014 में विश्व हिंदी सचिवालय, मॉरीशस द्वारा आयोजित अंतरराष्ट्रीय (क्षेत्रीय) हिंदी सम्मेलन की स्मारिका में शोध-पत्र प्रकाशित
• अनेक अंतरराष्ट्रीय व क्षेत्रीय सम्मेलनों तथा कार्यशालाओं में सक्रिय भागीदारी

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Thank you Mauritius!

The award ceremony

I happened to be in the paradise last week. I was in Mauritius to receive the 'Mahatma Gandhi Institute Award for Creative Writing in Diaspora Hindi Literature (AKA Aaprawasi Sahitya Srijan Samman), First Edition - Year 2016' conferred by Hon. Santi Bai Hanoomanjee, GCSK, the speaker of the national assembly of Mauritius, in Mahatma Gandhi Institute, Moka, on August 23, 2017.

The establishment of this biennial award, officially titled as 'The Mahatma Gandhi Sansthan Apravasi Hindi Sahitya Srijan Samman' was announced by Mrs. Leela Devi Dookun-Luchoomun, Minister of Education and Human Resources, Tertiary Education & Scientific Research in the 10th World Hindi Conference in Bhopal, India.

In MBC studio

The award not only comes with a plaque, a certificate and  cash prize, but with a lot of happiness and many new friends :) And, believe me, that I was moved so much by the generosity of the hosts and the guests alike that I could not speak enough to thank them. This note is my attempt to say "Thank you Mauritius!".

Dr. Nutan Pandey, Cultural Secretary at Indian High Commission presented the descriptive review of the book 'Anuragi Mann' while describing the selection process on behalf of the jury. I was impressed by her generosity in bringing forth many aspects of the collection which helped them decide the recipient of the first edition of the award. My gratitude to Dr. Nutan Pandey, Prof. Umesh Kumar Singh, ICCR Chair, Dr. Vinod Mishra, Secretary General of the World Hindi Secretariat, Dr Rajrani Gobin, and everyone else, who was involved in the selection process.

Abhimanyu Unnuth

I am surprised to note the number of activities, I could do within a tight schedule of just three days. This was impossible without the planning and cooperation from my Mauritian friends like Shreetee Rampul, and Vinaye Goodary. I got a chance to interact with the students besides having a deep dive session with the faculty members at MGI.

From the beaches to the hills of Mauritius, I saw all the beautiful places. I have seen a lot of natural beauty from the World Heritage site of the Aapravasi Ghat to Ganga Talao, from Trou aux Cerfs to Seven Coloured Earth, from Chamarel Falls to Mudia hill. There is a lot more to see and do in Mauritius. I wish I could stay a little longer.

The program

Meeting the  legendary Abhimanyu Unnuth is a dream of every Hindi author. My old friend Vinaye Goodary was kind enough to get me an appointment and later drive me to his home in Triolet.

From the first phone call from Dr. Rajrani Gobin till completion of the ceremony, I am touched by the way entire process was conducted. I am thankful to the management of the Mahatma Gandhi Institute for asking me to provide the dates for the ceremony and accommodating my short availability of just three days. Special thanks to Dr. Gobin for being a great host from my arrival till departure from Mauritius. I would like to thank Mrs. Sooryakanti Gayan, GOSK, and Shri Jayanarayan Meetoo, respectively, the Managing Director and the chairman of the council of the MGI and RTI, for their time and considerations during the program and the meetings with me.

Welcome address by Mrs. S. Gayan, Director General of MGI and RTI

A French news clip about the award ceremony


Best,
Anurag Sharma
Setu, Pittsburgh 

Setu, August 2017

Cyril Luximan

Cyril Luximan is a painter and interior decorator. He lives at Souillac, located in the southern part of Mauritius.

He loves writing songs, poems, short stories and jokes. He has contributed to many music albums and participated in many poetry reading programmes on local radio and television. He is also the master of ceremony of many cultural events. Cyril Luximan is the author of the Mauritian Kreol poetry book, Otour Lamour (Centered around Love) and Pikpik, a story book for children. His poem Eleksion was selected as the winning poem for St Valentine Contest 2013 held by Scope Magazine, Mauritius.

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Pushmaotee Subrun

Pushmaotee Fowdur Subrun was born in 1949 in Mauritius. Pushmaotee attended Professor Basdeo Bissoondoyal College and later pursued higher studies in Delhi University where she graduated in English.

For the past forty-four years she has worked in secondary schools, seven years of which she spent in Masvingo, Zimbabwe, teaching English in an army school. She completed her PGCE at the Mauritius Institute of Education in 1993.

After her retirement, she was a member of the Council of the University of Mauritius for three years.

She has written one novel Ella which was published in May 2013, Short Stories and Fables published in August 2015, one play entitled Who is Your Best Friend, published in June 2015 and launched by Ministry of Arts and Culture in February 2016. Her poems Why worry, be happy, (July 2017), followed by The Break of Dawn, (September 2017), and My Dream (November 2017), were featured in Setu Magazine. 

She is currently a reader and editor in the Ministry of Arts and Culture.

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Prerna Mahabir

Prerna Mahabir is a community pharmacist in Mauritius. She did her Bpharm at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in South Africa.

She is also a member of the Rotaract Club of Flacq, Mauritius and is currently the secretary of the club for the past two years. She recently attended the Rotary Leadership Youth Awards in Madagascar. She is very much involved in the social needs of the community. She is also very passionate about poems and writes in her free time.

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Anoucheka Gangabissoon

Anoucheka Gangabissoon is a Primary School Educator in Mauritius.  She writes poetry and short stories as hobby.  She considers writing to be the meaning of her life as she has always been influenced by all the great writers and wishes to be, like them, immortalized in her words.  Her works can be read on poetrysoup.com and she had also appeared in various literary magazines like SETU, Different Truths, Dissident Voice, In Between Hangovers Press, WISH Press, Tuck’s Magazine, Blue Mountain Review, among others.  She has also been published in Duane’s Poetree and also in two anthologies for the Immagine and Poesia group.  Her poems are often placed in free online contests.  She has been selected to be among the Most Influential Women in Mauritius for the 2017 category Arts and Culture and she has also been awarded as a Promising Indian for the year 2017 for the same category.  In 2018 and 2019, she was again selected to be among the Most Influential Women of the island for her contribution to the literary field and in 2019, she was one of the three nominees for the National Awards organized by the Ministry of Arts and Culture of Mauritius.  In 2020, she was shortlisted to be among the Most Impactful Women of the year for the Women of the Year awards.

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Pramila Khadun

Pramila Khadun is a poetess from the island of Mauritius. She holds a degree in Food Science from S.N.D.T Women’s University, Pune, India and a Post Graduate Certificate in Education(P.G.C.E) from the Mauritius Institute of Education. She had been Head of the Department of Food Studies Department at Modern College and part-time lecturer at the Mauritius Institute of Education.

An education officer and writer, Pramila is now enjoying her retired life with her husband Raj and three children, Dr Rajnee, Priyumvada and son Kaviraj. While living in Lalmatie, Flacq, Mauritius, she spends time in reading, writing and travelling.

Published Works

• Rajnee
• Priyumvada
• Food and Nutrition Simplified
• She has three collections of poetry published. Her novel ‘When Love Speaks’ will soon be in print. 

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Vatsala Radhakeesoon वत्सला राधाकिसुन

Born in Mauritius in 1977, Vatsala Radhakeesoon is the author of 11 poetry books including Tropical Temporariness (Transcendent Zero Press, USA, 2019), Whirl the Colours (Gibbon Moon Books UK/Kenya, 2020) and नीली हंसिनी के गाने – Songs of the Blue Swan (Bilingual Hindi -English, Gloomy Seahorse Press, UK/Kenya,2020).

She is one of the representatives of Immagine and Poesia, an Italy based literary movement uniting artists and poets’ works. She has been selected as one of the poets for Guido Gozzano Poetry contest from 2016 to 2020 and nominated for Rilke Prize 2019, USA.
 Vatsala currently lives at Rose-Hill and is a literary translator, interviewer and artist.

वत्सला राधाकिसुन ऑर्बिट पत्रिका मोरिशस की मार्केटिंग ऑफिसर हैं।

उनका जन्म 1977 में मोरिशस में हुआ था। उनके माता-पिता हिन्दी के शिक्षक रहे हैं। माताजी की पढ़ायी हुई कविताओं द्वारा उन्हें काव्य में रुचि हुई। 14 वर्ष की आयु में, वत्सला ने अंग्रेज़ी में कविताएँ लिखना प्रारम्भ किया। उनकी अनेक कविताएँ अखबार और पत्रिकाओं में छपी हैं। सन् 2013 में उनका काव्य संग्रह ‘वेन सोलिट्यूड स्पीक्स (When Solitude Speaks)’ मोरिशस में प्रकाशित हुआ।

वे अंग्रेजी, हिन्दी,फेंच तथा क्रीयोल में कविताओं और कहानियों की रचना करती हैं। उनके हिन्दी काव्य लेखन में वैदिक धर्म की विचारधारा का प्रबल प्रभाव दिखता है।

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