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Chandigarh Literati or Chandigarh Literature Festival is a literary festival held in Chandigarh, India. It is organised by the Chandigarh Literary Society with the support of the Chandigarh Administration and Haryana Tourism.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
History
According to the chairperson of Dr. Sumita Misra, IAS, the Chandigarh Literati was originally conceived in an attempt to promote the literary arts in the city, to provide a platform for talented regional writer and thinkers and making available world-class writers to the public. The festival promotes poetry, haiku, vernacular writers as well as fiction and non-fiction writers in English and regional languages like Punjabi, Hindi, etc. "Chandigarh Lit Fest shall showcase the very best in contemporary writing from established and emerging writers, and inspire children as well as all those engaged in creative reading and writing pursuits."[9]
2013 Festival
The 2013 festival was graced by more than thirty authors from different parts of the country, including bestselling authors and celebrities like Bhaskar Ghose, Gul Panag, Ashwin Sanghi, Jerry Pinto, Meghna Pant, V. Sudarshan, Tishaa Khosla, etc. The two-day festival was organised at the Lake View Club on 23-24 November. There were many sessions which included book readings, author discussions and book launches. The festival attracted visitors from all across the country.
Participating Authors
The following authors participated in the 2013 Chandigarh Literati.[10] Template:Div col
- Kishwar Desai
- Bhaskar Ghose
- Madhu Kishwar
- Gul Panag
- Imtiaz Ali
- Kishalay Bhattacharjee
- Jaideep Bhoosreddy
- Upamanyu Chatterjee
- Angelee Deodhar
- Krishna Shastri Devulapalli
- Pam Handa
- Irshad Kamil
- Manju Kapur
- Tishaa Khosla
- Gen. V.P. Malik
- Govind Mishra
- Rahul Pandita
- Pushpesh Pant
- Meghna Pant
- Jerry Pinto
- Nandita C. Puri
- Manjula Rana
- Ashwin Sanghi
- Navtej Singh Sarna
- Manish Shukla
- Jai Arjun Singh
- Mohyna Srinivasan
- Bubbu Tir
- Ashok Vajpeyi
- Ram Varma
- Chandra Shekhar Verma
- Gyan Prakash Vivek
References
- ↑ Eminent Litterateurs to Attend 'Literati 2013' in Chandigarh. New Indian Express(20 November 2013).
- ↑ Chandigarh to hold LitFest ‘Literati 2013’ from November 23-24 at Lake Club, Chandigarh. Punjab News Express(22 November 2013).
- ↑ Another literature fest to enliven City from November 23. Spaceview Times(22 November 2013).
- ↑ Chandigarh LitFest – Literati 2013 opens on Saturday. India News Calling(22 November 2013).
- ↑ 2-day lit fest in Chandigarh from Nov 23. Tribune India(21 November 2013). Alt URL
- ↑ Discussions, book release, couplets mark Day 1 of Literati. Indian Express(24 November 2013).
- ↑ Chandigarh Literary Society's maiden venture Literati 2013 brings four acclaimed writers to Chandigarh. The Tribune(23 November 2013).
- ↑ Another literary fest opens today. The Times of India(23 November 2013).
- ↑ About Chandigarh Literati.
- ↑ Authors.
External links
- Chandigarh Literature Festival - Official website.