August 2000
The literary meet ‘Dialogue’ was held on August 29. Prominent Hindi critic Manager Pandey presided over the meet. Eminent poets –Ashok Vajpeyi (Hindi), Pavan Varma (English), and Vimal Kumar (Hindi) recited their new poems. The much talked about author Maitreyi Pushpa read out a chapter from her untitled novel (still in the process of completion). The well-known poet of ‘Akavita’ movement in Hindi, Soumitra Mohan, read the recordings of his dreams from his ‘Ratriswapna’ series.
Veteran writer and translator Prabhati Nautiyal presented Hindi translations of poems by the great Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca.

September 2000
The literary meet ‘Dialogue’ was held on September 26. The much talked about and very eminent Hindi writer Krishna Baldev Vaid presided over the meet and read an excerpt from his new, unpublished novel. Prominent Hindi writer Devinder Issar read out his short story. Several eminent poets participated. Rukmani Bhaya Nair read her English poems, and Priyadarshan read out his Hindi poems.
Visiting poets - Dev from Switzerland and Sohan Qadri from Denmark- read their poems.
Veteran writer and translator Meenakshi Puri read out translations of Tamil poetry.

October 2000
The literary meet ‘Dialogue’ was held on 28 October. Eminent Hindi scholar and an authority on theatre, Nemi Chand Jain, presided over the meet and read out his new poems. Prominent Hindi writer Pamila Mansi read her short story. Eminent poets participated in the ‘Dialogue’.
Former Prime Minister Mr. V.P. Singh read out his latest poems.
Other poets of the evening were : Noorjahan Sarwat (Urdu), Rita Malhotra (English), Preetpal Kaur (Hindi).
Mr. Divik Ramesh read out translations of Korean poetry.
Visiting poet from Manali, Nalini Kanunga, read her poems in English and said with deep emotions, “This is the first time during my fifty years of writing poetry that I got a forum to share it with fellow writers. This ‘mehfil’ is a unique place, with a charged and vibrant atmosphere. I am really lucky to be here with all of you.

November 2000
The Literary Meet ‘Dialogue’ was held on November 2. Eminent Hindi/Punjabi poet Sheila Gujral presided over the meet and read out her poems.
Prominent Hindi writer Mridula Garg read out her short story:‘Mere Desh Ki Mitti Aha’.
Other well-known poets of the evening were: Balbir Madhopuri (Punjabi), Uma Trilok (English), Vidya Sharma and Sheo Narayan Singh Anived (Hindi).
Three visiting writers from Pakistan also participated in this ‘Dialogue’ programme and read their poems.
Rajendra Gautam read out a translation of Assamese poetry. Ranjan Zaidi, the poet, compered the proceedings.