Srinagar, May 30 -- Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday asserted that writers, poets and scholars play a greater role in shaping civilisations than institutions, as he called for breaking the colonial mindset and reclaiming India's "real history".

Inaugurating the two-day Kashmir Literature Festival-2026 at the SKICC here, LG Sinha as per KNS said a single novel can create an impact that crores of rupees spent by institutions often fail to achieve.

"Great poets, writers and creative minds become immortal through their knowledge and work. The human body is mortal, but creation becomes the symbol of immortality," Sinha said, addressing a gathering of writers, researchers, historians and academicians.

The Lieutenant Governor welco...