varanasi the threeday lamahi mahotsava was inaugurated at mahatma gandhi kashi vidyapeeth mgkv in the city on wednesday the event is being organised by ministry of cultural affairs government of uttar pradesh in association with groups of litterateurs to commemorate the outstanding contributions of munshi premchand in hindi literature other programmes of the mahotsava will be held at lamahi on thursday and friday a seminar on 21st century and literature of premchand was held mgkv on the inaugural day while addressing the seminar the litterateurs including balraj panday shared their views on the changing preferences of new generation and they being influenced towards materialistic lifestyle they termed premchand as a great visionary who had imagined the effects of globalisation in 20th century and also expressed it through his novels other speakers like dr mukta highlighted how premchand presented women in his novels the seminar was followed by the inauguration of a photo exhibition in lalit kala department of mgkv by the regional cultural officer ratnesh kumar verma apart from the photographs of premchands parental village lamahi his handwritten letters and books were also on display according to verma the short plays based on premchands works will be staged at lamahi besides noted intellectuals will also be honoured on the occasion