Srinagar, Oct 11 : Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday inaugurated the Kashmir Literature Festival at the Sher-i-Kashmir International Conference Centre (SKICC), Srinagar, calling literature the “soul of a nation” and writers the “engineers of human consciousness.”

Addressing a large gathering of writers, poets, scholars, students, and thinkers from across the country and abroad, LG Sinha said that literature has the power to awaken minds and guide societies toward wisdom and harmony.

“Engineers build the structures of progress, but writers build the structures of thought. Through their words, they awaken society’s mind, inspire imagination, and guide generations toward wisdom and harmony,” he said.

Quoting ancient Indian texts, the LG said that India’s civilizational ethos has

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