Growing Kavi Sammelan Declining Poetry
At present, Kavi Sammelan is going through a phase where the organizer is unable to decide which poet will be suitable for his program. He has become dependent on social media. He decides which poet to call after watching a short five-minute video on social media.
The last fifteen years have been full of ups and downs for Kavi Sammelan. Because in these fifteen years, Kavi Sammelan has seen that period of development of social media where everything is virtual, far away from reality. Overnight a poem goes viral and an ordinary and unknown person becomes the demand for Kavi Sammelan. And for years the struggling people remain engaged in continuous struggle. This whole game is similar to the way a cricket player becomes a star after scoring a century or an artist becomes a star after a movie becomes a hit. However, it does not have any direct or indirect effect on a person’s ability to work or his talent. But this definitely has a side effect. And that is that in the increasing light of one person many people become dim.
This has been seen frequently in the last fifteen years. That many new faces came to the Kavi Sammelan who really impressed us. Whose poetry not only impresses but his presentation also impresses the listeners. But at the same time some people also came who made it to the Kavi Sammelan through social media. One loss caused by this was that many of the old people who used to work as the backbone of the Kavi Sammelan, gradually either got out of the Kavi Sammelan or their influence was greatly reduced. Whenever something new comes into the world, it has good and bad effects on people. One of the good effects of the Kavi Sammelan was that the Kavi Sammelan reached even small towns and villages. The side effect was that good poets, being non-technical, could not establish themselves properly.
At present, Kavi Sammelan is going through a phase where the organizer is unable to decide which poet will be suitable for his program. He has become dependent on social media. He decides which poet to call after watching a short five-minute video on social media. It all works to a certain extent. But sometimes this decision also turns out to be wrong. Because there is a fundamental difference between standing on the mic for five minutes and thirty-five minutes. The viral poet stops leaving his impact after five-ten minutes. And this is the most fatal step for Kavi Sammelan.
