Mangaluru's maiden Literary Fest on Nov 3 and 4

• ‘The Idea of Bharat’ is the theme of the Literary Fest

Mangaluru: The city’s maiden literary fest titled ‘Mangaluru Lit Fest – 2018’ organized by the Mangaluru Literary Foundation on the theme ‘The Idea of Bharat’ will be held at TMA Pai International Convention Centre on November 3 and 4 said the programme convener Sriraj Gudi.

Mr Gudi addressed the presspersons here on Tuesday October 30^th and said,” The fest attempts to showcase the ancient Indian wisdom of peace, brotherhood and universal wellbeing, as envisioned in ‘Udara Charitanam Tu Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’, through intellectual discourse by the finest literary minds from across the globe.”

Mangaluru Lit Fest will be a platform for monologues, panel discussions, conversations, book reviews, symposiums, along with book and art exhibition. It intends to provide a platform for intellectual deliberations on ‘The Idea of Bharat’.

Saraswati Samman Awardee Padma Shree S L Bhairappa, a doyen in the field of Indian literature, will be felicitated with the Lifetime Achievement Award for his immense contribution towards ‘The Idea of Bharat’.

There will be a book release and discussion will be held on ‘Your Prime Minister is dead’ by Anuj Dhar and ‘Jobs crisis in India’ by R Jagannathan on November 3^rd.

November 4^th will have a book release and discussion on ‘What is Hinduism’ – Shefali Vaidhya in conversation with Padma Bhushan Dr David Frawley and ‘Kasheera’ – Dr Rohinaksha in conversation with Sahana Vijay Kumar.

Prominent litterateurs will participate

Prominent litterateurs will participate in the festival including Rajeev Malhotra, Dr David Frawley, Major Gaurav Arya, R Jagannathan, Madhu Kishwar, Sahana Vijayakumar, Shefali Vaidya, Prakash Belwadi, Vivek Agnihotri, Sandeep Balakrishna, Anand Ranganathan, Chakravarti Sulibele, Rohit Chakratirta, Shaddalu Ranade, Makarand Paranjape and Anirban Ganguly.

The partrons of the Lit Fest are Dr N Vinaya Hegde, Chairman, Nitte Education Trust, Sandhya Pai, Executive Editor, Taranga Weekly and Rajeev Chandrashekhar, Member of Parliament.