Mangalore:   Eminent poet, Hindi film director ad script writer Gulzar will be in Mangalore on July 8. It is a great occasion, when Mangaloreans will have a chance to hear a lecture on poetry by this eminent poet, thanks to Kavita Trust.

The Kavita Trust which has been working towards popularizing and encouraging Konkani Poetry since 2002, has organised the first ever James and Shobha Mendonca Endowment Lecture on Poetry by Gulzar. The programme will be held at the Conference Hall of SDM College of Business Management  in Mangalore at 4 pm on July 8.

Gulzar will interact with the audience in a question and answer session and will give his talk in English and Hindi.

Kavita Trust publishes books on poetry and runs its own website, kavitaa.com in Konkani for the past 10 years. It has so far held  around 64 workshops.  Plama Developers and Rohan Corporation are the support sponsors of this event.