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Chandigarh 05th October:- The 7th Chandigarh
Literature Festival -CLF, will be organized by Adab Foundation in
Association with Post Graduate Government College for Girls, Sector 11,
Chandigarh at the College's campus from November 1 till 3. In three days of
literary fervour, the festival will see some of India's best Authors talking
about books nominated by experts. The sessions will be interesting ones
conducted by a critic who will be in conversation with the author.
The
details of the festival were shared by Mitul Dikshit, Chairman, Adab Foundation, a not for
profit organisation, committed to propagation of art & literature, and
Annie Zaidi, Festival Director who is an award winning author,
poetess & playwright.
Mitul
Dikshit said that we have something fresh in store for literature lovers. This
year at the fest, Tamasha group will present ‘Blank Page’, an interpretation of
contemporary Indian poetry through theatre, music & movement. The group's
performers will also read a series of short stories. We will also
hold a unique poetry event. A special poetry translators’ performance will see
poetry from various languages from all over the world, rendered into English
and other Indian languages.
The
festival will see engaging sessions between some of the best critics and
authors of India.
Annie
Zaidi said that the 12 books being celebrated are 'Ek
thi Maina, Ek tha Kumhar','Diwali in Muzaffarnagar ' , 'The Epic City - The
World on the Streets of Calcutta ', 'The Wildings','The other stories of
difference ', 'Jal Thal Mal' , 'If I had to Tell it Again', 'Daughters of the
Sun', 'Available Light', 'Padmavat' ,'The Big Small Town: How Life Looks From
Chandigarh' and 'The Ballad of Kaziranga'.
In
Tanuj Solanki’s 'Diwali in Muzaffarnagar', young men and women travel
between the past and the present, the metropolis and the small town and between
solitude and family, critic Omair Ahmad will be seen in discussion with the
author. 'The Epic City - The World on the Streets of Calcutta' is
a masterful and
entirely fresh portrait of great hopes and dashed dreams in a mythical city
from a major new literary voice. Author Kushnava Choudhary will be engaged by critic Kunal Ray.
The book 'The other stories of difference' by an award-winning writer
Paro Anand exposes the secrets and sorrows—and courage—that are part of today’s
life. Swati Daftuar will talk to Paro. 'If I had to Tell it Again' is
a memoir about a daughter’s difficult love for a flawed, passionate and
larger-than-life father. Critic Jonathan Gil Harris will be in conversation
with author Gayathri Prabhu. 'Daughters of the Sun' is the story of
some 15 women who influenced the history of the Great Mughals, from Babur to
Aurangzeb. Critic Rumina Sethi and author Ira Mukhoty will interact in a
session.
'Available Light' is a
collection of 360 poems written over 25 years. The book has been widely seen as
one of the best volumes of poetry to have come out of India in recent times.
Akshay Kunar critic & author C P Surendran will engage in a session.
In the
book 'Padmavat', renowned Kabir and Bhakti scholar,
Purushottam Agrawal will show how history, mythology,
imagination and fantasy meet together to form a seamless epic in a session with
critic Krishna Kumar.
'The Big Small Town: How Life Looks From Chandigarh', is a book which goes beyond
the obsession with the Chandigarh’s planning and architecture. It dwells into
an aspect that has hardly been explored before
This
time the festival explores a new genre by celebrating two books around wildlife. Nilanjana S. Roy’s award-winning book
'The Wildings' andDileep Chandan’s 'Ballad of Kaziranga' .
There is something that movie buffs too can look forward to at
CLF 2018. Two films which will be screened at the festival are Amar Kaushik’s
directorial debut 'Stree' and Shoojit Sirkar’s 'October'. A screening of these
films will be followed by sessions with Amar Kaushik and Shoojit.
