Book Launch सुबह का सूरज अब मेरा नहीं है-(adieu To The Dawn)

Adieu to the Dawn! Meena Chopra

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सब ु ह का सरूज अब मरेा नहीं है

Collection of Poems in Hindi

मीना चोपड़ा

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किवता संकलन

“The glimpses of the setting sun from my childhood nostalgically dissolve in the abundantly spread hues of the setting sun on the skyline of this beautiful country, Canada, to which I now belong and this creates a new sunshine within. This sunshine melts in me and flows out in the form of verses. Distances fade; my past becomes one with my present. The rising sun of the East starts blending into the setting sun of the West. The directions merge into each other fading into the moments beyond.” -Meena Chopra

Glimpses of the Setting Sun A multilingual poetry celebration, book launch & Art Exhibition Sunday, February 28, 2010, 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Mississauga Central Library Meeting Room Cl3 (Administration Wing) 301 Burnhamthorpe Rd W, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Coming to Canada from her native India, artist and poet Meena Chopra’s intense search has taken her far beyond boundaries in finding her new identity. Join us for a special afternoon of poetry reading with a book launch featuring ‘subah kaa suuraj ab mera nahii.n hai (Adieu to the Dawn)’ in Hindi & with readings both in Hindi and English, a work also transcribed into Roman script by Hindi poet & writer Suman Ghai and transcribed into Urdu script by Urdu poetess & writer Nasim Syed . There will also be an art exhibition (retrospective) of Meena’s art.

The 2nd edition of her poetry book ‘Ignited Lines’ will also be released. RSVP: [email protected] Cell: 416 560 3650

Hosted by Mississauga Library System, Canada

To be launched in India in middle of March 2010* at India International Centre New Delhi sponsored by ‘Akshsaram’.

2nd launch of the book on 10th April 2010 at 2pm with a month long art exhibition at Meadowvale library Mississauga.

(*Date to be announced)

Supported by: Hindi Writers’ Guild, CROSS CURRENTS Indo Canadian International Arts, Mississauga Library System, Learna Heartland Mississauga (Education Centre), StarBuzz, South Asian Press Club, Aksharam(India)

-Dr, Kailash Vajpeyi(India) “Painting and poems go very well together. There is vitality in the forms, colours and the words chosen by Meena Chopra. Here is a charming feast of lyricism in paintings and poems.”-Dr. L.M. Singhvi

-Tejendra Sharma(England)

“A characteristic of her style is that physical sensations beautifully blend with abstract thought. Yearning for fulfillment is attended upon by consciousness of fragmentation.” -Dr. Shalini Sikka, The Quest, (India) 1996 “She unveils shimmering facets of love, possession, mind and self with sensitivity. She is delicate but strong, gentle yet sharp, vulnerable yet proud. Self-actualization is more a matter of routine than effort; it is the moment beyond the ones of self knowledge that she wants to live up to, and become, not a mere rhapsody in search of life but a rhapsody in search of the deeper self. In this sense she is her own Sun…” -Gautam Siddharth, The Pioneer, (India) 28.9.1996

“The embryonic bond that she shares with nature forms is the keynote of her work. Words freeze the impalpable fears, finding their refuge in the womb of earth. - First City Delhi, (India) 1999 “Her works are the rhythmic expression of the state of the subconscious” .-Soumik Mukhopadhyaya -The Statesman, Delhi, (India), 20th August 1999 “Meena Chopra’s poetry mirrors her acute sensibilities which,in turn, enmesh with her deft strokes on canvas.”-S. Rajoo, The Times of India, Delhi, 23. 7. 1996 “These poems talk of ‘hidden fire/rising with/a smokey thread.’A seemingly ordinary enough statement, it might also mirror the extraordinary sensibility of a committed artist”. -Adrian Khare Blitz, Bombay, (India )13.3 1993 “ -Nasim Syed (Canada)

Meena Chopra Artist, Poet and a Community Person An artist and poet, Meena has held several exhibitions nationally and internationally. She represented India internationally on many occasions including SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) Artists Meet, New Delhi in 2002 She also represented Canada at the 7th International Hindi Utsav in December 2008 for NRI Literature in New Delhi, India. Apart from being a visual artist she has also curated various art exhibitions. She writes poetry in both English and Hindi. Her book of verse titled `IGNITED LINES', was released in London U.K. in 1996. Apart from various literary journals, magazines her poems have been translated & published in some prestigious German literary magazines as well. Meena received Honorable Mention for her poetry from Mississauga Library Systems. Meena has been the Secretary of Poetry Club of India and has been holding many volunteer positions in business and art organizations in the past. She has been on the judging committee of various debates, beauty contests, Art competitions etc. She was running an advertising agency in India before she immigrated to Canada about five years ago. She is the co-founder of a not for profit organization, CROSS CURRENTS Indo Canadian International Arts with a mission of embracing diverse cultures and origins and bringing them on a common platform through art. The organization has had several successful art events which includes a Canadian Visual Arts Exhibition held in India featuring Canadian artists & an international art festival BEYOND BOUNDARIES sponsored by the Ministry of Citizenship & Immigration She is also the publisher of 'StarBuzz' an Entertainment and Lifestyle News Weekly which is published from GTA in Canada & also runs an after school learning centre by the name of ‘LEARNA ’. She is an Artist-Educator from The Royal Conservatory School (The RCM) Ontario Canada. Contact: [email protected], Cell:416 560 3650, www.meenasartworld.blogspot.com