By Tricitynews Reporter
Chandigarh
22nd November:- The 5th edition
of the Chandigarh Lit Fest, Literati, organized by Chandigarh Literary Society
(CLS) shall be held at the Chandigarh Lake Club on 25-26 November 2017.
Addressing the media CLS
Chairperson and Festival Director Dr
Sumita Misra informed that the trilingual lit fest shall have many
prominent authors participating including world-renowned Padma Bhushan
awardee Ruskin Bond, who
will be delivering the keynote at the inaugural.
CLS is conferring the
Lifetime Achievement Award on Ruskin Bond for his unparalleled contribution to
the Indian literature, she said.
Canada’s Consul General
Dr Christopher Gibbins informed that Canada is the partner country this year
again after the last year’s success and two celebrated authors Lee Maracle and Columpa C. Bobb would be
participating in the second day session on “Roots and Wings” which he would be
moderating.
Celebrated Hindi writer
and Vice Chair of CLS Madhav
Kaushik said that Literati’s major focus is to promote good
literature in the region and nothing else, and this lit fest has gone from
local to global with the participation of international authors.
In the two days
back-to-back sessions will see authors sharing their insight on varied genres
of writing vis-à-vis its social impact. The Team Literati also released the
poster and the Sessions Schedule on the occasion.
The inaugural shall be
followed by an hour-long session of Ruskin Bond in conversation with Dr Sumita
Misra, while the post lunch sessions would span poetry, prose, stories, and
history.
For those who enjoy
history, “Lost and Found: History & Culture” shall get to interact with
author of “Invisible City: The Hidden Monuments”, Dr Rakhshanda Jalil along with famous author of “Mr and Mrs
Jinnah” Sheela Reddy.
Archana Saini, Saurabh
Sharma, Vineet Bajpai, Vandana Shukla, Neel Kamal Puri are some of the authors
featured on the first day.
Waseem Barelvi, Kunwar Bechain and other eminent
poets would be presenting their latest creations at the trilingual mushaira on
the first day evening.
The second day shall open
with famous Panjabi writers Atamjeet
Singh, Jasbeer Mand and Manmohan Singh, with Ravee Pandher moderating
the session.
Neel Kamal Puri shall be moderating
the session on ‘The Political and The Personal’ with celebrated author and
biographers Khushwant Singh and Shantanu Gupta author of “The
Monk Who Became Chief Minister”
The Mumbai-based
celebrity nutritionist and winner of the prestigious 'Nutrition award' from
Asian Institute of Gastroenterology and exercise science expert, Rujuta Diwekar would reveal
her insight into uncomplicating the process of eating.
On this occasion Ram Varma’s political memoir, “My Encounters with the Three Lal’s of
Haryana” shall be released, and in a special session on
stories of officialdom, fiction writer and former bureaucrat Vivek Atray shall moderate the
session with Ram Varma and
bureaucrat and author of “Memoirs
of an Unrepentant Civil Servant” Robin Gupta on the panel.
The winners of this
year’s CLS short story writing competition shall also be awarded prizes at the
concluding function on Sunday.
Literati are supported by
the Chandigarh Administration and the Department of Cultural Affairs Government
of Haryana.
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