Gulabuddin Sukhanwar

We have entered the loveliest season of the year that we all have been waiting for : summer - a time for holidays and travel, a path to our dreams, and the connection to our best experiences and memories. Trondheim is a city with a very diverse cultural heritage and rich history. A city of differences that provides a variety of options in different parts of the year to celebrate and enjoy. As always in summer, Trondheim is full of entertaining programmes including several music festivals which make the city unique for visitors and tourists to enjoy and explore. Last month, I attended Musikfest Trondheim, a n arrangement of 70 different concerts all over the city, working together to create a p erfect musical mosaic of Trondheim. It was a melodic day with a concert in every corner of the city; in the restaurants, bars, parks and many other public places- a fun and unique festival that brought people together with smiles, dance, joy, and friendship. I felt ...

Sukhanwar  Still, in our world justice is a dream In addition, our desire and aim Our world is full of injustice and ignorance We must all seek ways to effect change Justice is still a sweet and holy fantasy In fact, it's the punch line of all my poetry Many of us should fight And many like me must write To turn the darkness into light And this time to get things right Let us join hands to make our tomorrows bright Life would be beautiful if only it were just Equality and tolerance should always be a must While the sun of justice rises love and wisdom replace crises Applauding diversity, more colourful and honest While respecting this new openness, The future but a promise... July 9, 2016, Trondheim

Our literature house is located in the heart of Trondheim city in the dynamic area of King-street, just a few feet away from the public library, art museum, Kunsthallen , and Sellanraa book and bar. It’s known as a centre of high-quality programs and festivals and is also one of the most vibrant and fast-growing institutions in the city. In the last year since its opening, the literature house has organized and hosted nearly three hundred events including political debates, literary and poetry sessions, cultural and musical festivals. During the last one month, I have been working with this centre and directly involved with some of its programs. In addition to several events every week, we have also hosted the Trondheim literature festival from October 20-22nd, in collaboration with Trondheim pubic library. In the inauguration ceremony, NTNU’s very first literature prize was awarded to Sara Sølberg, a young writer, for her novel, SEISMIC SMELL , full of poetic l...