Mangaluru: Wilma Bantwal’s Debut Poetry Collection ’Mukhddim’ Released

- Media Release

Mangaluru, 16 Dec 2014: Konkani’s budding poetess Wilma Bantwal’s debut Konkani poetry collection "Mukhddim" got released here at the Sri Mallikarjuna Mahavidyalay, Cancona, Goa on December 13. Kannada writer Vivek Shanbhogue released the book during the occasion of 16th Youth Konkani Literary Conference in the presence of Nutan Sakhardande, president, youth conference, Pundalik Naik, president, Goa Konkani Akademi, Purnananda Chari, working president of the conference and Melvyn Rodrigues, Sahitya Akademi award winning poet from Mangalore.

 

 

It is a practice to publish one book each year during the conference and this is the first time, that a youth outside Goa is chosen for this honour.

 

The book contains 52 poems by the poetess on various themes especially on women centric subject. It is in devnagari script. Poet Melvyn Rodrigues has written the foreword for the book. Goa Konkani Akademi is the publisher of this book.

 

A rank holder in mathematics, Wilma Bantwal works as a lecturer at the Canara Engineering College, Benjanapadavu, Mangalore. She has won the Kittall Yuva Puraskar for the year 2013.