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<p style="text-align:justify">JANAKPURDHAM - The Janakpur Literature Arts Festival 2073 has kicked off at Janakpurdham on Sunday.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify">Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for
Home Affairs Bimalendra Nidhi inaugurated the Festival organized by the
Maithili Development Fund with an objective of promoting Maithali
language, literature, arts, and culture.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><br>On the occasion, DPM Nidhi spoke of
the need for mainstreaming Maitahli language and culture for which he
stressed on continuity and activeness.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><br>The Festival will feature various
activities such as book exhibition, drama performance, traditional art
performance and discourse on the promotion of Maithali language,
literature, arts, and culture.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><br>Furthermore, social activists,
scholars and politicians from Nepal and India will voice their views on
different aspects of language, literature, language policy and current
societal status among other relevant issues, according to the
organizers.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><br>Also, speaking at the program
CPN-UML Secretary Pradeep Gyawali urged the Maithili community to be
alert towards the preservation of Maithili language. He argued that it
could be used as a language for official use after Nepali.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><br>Similarly, former minister
Ramchandra Jha said that the Mithila Zone was in a sorry state due to
the State's cavalier attitude towards it.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><br>Senior Vice Chair of Federal
Socialist Forum Ashok Rai stated that the Maithali civilization is
conserved as a common civilization.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><br>Likewise, CPN-Revolutionary's CP Gajurel called for cooperation from one and all to promote Maithali language.</p>
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