• Niraj Kumar
• Essay

If we consider the reasons for the declining graph of Kavi Sammelan today, the entire Kavi Sammelan can be divided into three parts as the biggest event in this development.
1 The era before social media
Kavi Sammelan before social media seems a bit calm and gentle. There was not much uproar in the Kavi Sammelan at that time. The poet’s remuneration was ordinary. Which was within the reach of the common organizer. It was the era of phones and letters. First, it was through letters, then when mobile came, approval was taken through phone. Remuneration was fixed. That remuneration was confirmed by letter. Then the rest of the conversation took place. Everything moved very slowly. Names were neither added nor deleted overnight. Since the coordinator and organizer could not contact many people, there was not much confusion while forming the team for the Kavi Sammelan. Everything went on in a very well-planned and calm manner and the program took place on time.
2 Era after social media
Then came the era of social media. Of which YouTube influenced Kavi Sammelan the most. From around 2008, videos of Kavi Sammelan started appearing on YouTube. By 2010, one or two videos of almost half the stage poets had appeared on YouTube. Initially this glow was impressing everyone. And as some time passed, the videos started going viral. The demand for viral poets started increasing. As demand increased, remuneration also increased. Suddenly many unknown people became stars overnight. And the people who struggled for years were marginalized somewhere. That is, a social media platform changed the lives of many poets. Some benefited, some suffered loss, but everyone was affected.
3 Post Corona era
Everything was going well when meanwhile an epidemic like Corona engulfed the entire world. The result was that all means of live entertainment collapsed. Kavi Sammelan could not get back on track for almost two years. Slowly things were moving towards improvement but at the same time alarm bells were also ringing. During the time of Corona, when the world was silent, some creative people were exploring new possibilities for themselves by creating content. The result of those possibilities came in the form of small video reels. Which started providing entertainment to people in just thirty seconds. Mobile in everyone’s hands and entertainment on mobile. In a way, along with the world of entertainment, the world of Kavi Sammelan also changed.
4 Conclusion
The most famous poet of Kavi Sammelan is bound in a ready-made structure. His entire life revolves around it. If the video of the same poet’s performance goes on YouTube, then nothing new is left for him. Poets are suffering the same loss today. To the listener of Kavi Sammelan, everything seems to be heard. And he keeps searching for something new. Then he searches for something new in the reels of the mobile. He does not go to listen to the Kavi Sammelan.