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Chandigarh: Poetry in the times of hectic pace. It's almost as
if Robert Frost or William Wordsworth are strange names. And the few
whose pens do spew out poetry, usually fall short of sharing or the
right platform. But may but may not be for long... thanks to two
city-based marketing professionals working in pharmaceutical
companies, Nitin Bhalla and Sharad Choudhary who've taken an
initiative of a website saypoetry.com. Tuesday saw the spirited duo
launch the website they have conceived, designed and developed.
This community driven website should go a long way in feeding
interests of people looking for meaningful poetry, tells Nitin, who
works with AstraZeneca: "Sharad and I wanted to work on something like
this for quite sometime; we too are inclined toward penning poetry but
we knew there was no platform available for creative writers. So here
we are, offering just that, to budding poets." His friend Sharad feels
that in this age of pub culture, "there is a need to shove youngsters
closer to some creative form of writing and reading which would bring
peace and tranquility in their lives."
Back to the website, besides comprising poetry of known poets, it also
allows you to put it on the website for free. Adds Nitin, "Also
there'd be contests like theme poetry contest on a monthly basis and
then Haiku poetry and season poetry contests." The readers can also
place their comments on the poetry posted on the website." We have a
criticism and vote panel columns for the readers. Then, the budding
poets can create their own homepage and website address on the which
they can put their stuff. That may help them get a publisher.
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