BAMIYAN CITY (SW): A number of literary figures gathered at Chawk-e-Alekain (Lantern Roundabout) in Bamiyan City to celebrate the Pen Day.
The idea of Pen Day, which originated from Iran few years back is slowly but gradually getting popular in Afghanistan. Participants in Bamiyan said on the occasion that a committed pen is a guarantee for progress in a society.
Qudratullah Farzan, one of the participants at the event, told Salam Watandar that the purpose behind launching such events is to pay tribute to pen.
He said that Afghanistan’s challenges could not be solved through force but it would be solved through education.
Mohammad Amin Ebtehaj, one of the writers in the province, said that a committed pen is the one which is used to ensure justice.
In a symbolic move, the participants distributed notebooks and pens among children who started studying using the lights of the lantern.
On one of the slogans the children were holding was written “We only use light to learn”.
The participants said that using such slogan they urge upon the government to ensure equality when distributing energy at the national level.
The Pen Day (6 May) is the least known day in the country but writers and intellectuals do their best to celebrate such day each year.
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