Sahitya Academy to bring out encyclopaedia on India poetics

New Delhi, Dec 7 (UNI) The Central Sahitya Academy proposes to bring out an Encyclopaedia of all Indian poetics, the Lok Sabha was informed today.

The first draft of the Encyclopaedia is likely to be ready by the end of 2008, Tourism and Culture Minister Ambika Soni said in a written answer.

She said the Akademi started the project in 2004 to provide scholars and the interested general public with a handy and reliable reference tool on Indian Poetics.

It was intended to integrally and holistically present a systematic account of Indian poetics which is also accessible to non-Indians and to record Indian poetics as it exists in its primary sources.

Ms Soni said the entries cover aspects like theory, school, movement, period, work, author, composer and similar relevant pointers. The project has a Steering Committee, an Editorial Board and Overseas Consulting Editors.

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