 Recently a literature fest aimed at the young peopled with the
name Under-25 Lit Fest 2016 was organized in Bangaluru on 19th June
2016 at The Humming Tree in Indiranagar. This was the first edition
of its kind and was dedicated to Shri APJ Abdul Kalam, ex-president
of India.
Key speakers that have participated in the event include Shekhar Gupta, Akkai Padmashali, Aakar Patel, Durjoy Datta, Dr.Shyam Bhat, Karishma Mehta, Zui Reddy, Nandita Bose, Jeet Thayil, Madhuri Banerjee, Rachna Singh, Vasanthi Hariprakash, Jaishree Misra, Anuja Chandramouli, Sanjay Koppikar, V Ravichander and Roshan Abbas and others. The day-long festival had sessions on business, gender issues, mythology, poetry, politics, social media, history, and journalism, among others; and workshops, stand-up comedy acts, open mic sessions, a pop-up library (with reader-supplied books), a bring-your-own-book (BYOB) book exchange, and a human library (with stories told by festival attendees).
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  Arvind Sharma |
Playing It My Way is an autobiography of Sachin Tendulkar. Published by Hodder & Stoughton in November 2014. It covers many details of his cricket career and life time experience. However, critics say it has revealed the true Sachin.
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 M. Manohar |
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To a large extent yes. The controversial subject and appropriate timing of release are sure shot means for immediate popularity gains. This has been seen recently while release of the Book by Mr. Sanjaya Baru titled as "The Accidental Prime Minister - Making and Unmaking of Mr. Manmohan Singh". The Author released the book just before the general elections, and it got lot of coverage from media on account of sensitive subject. |
M. Manohar |
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Times Literature Fest (in line with Jaipur Literature Festival) was organized in Bangalore during week starting from 20th January 2014. |
M. Manohar |
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Hindu Lit for Life Fest was concluded on 12th January 2014 in Lady Andal School in Chennai. There were 47 sessions in which around 70 Authors and Panelist gave participated. From poingent pictures of Bhopal gas tragedy to unusual pictures from the jungle; from the art of writing religious narratives to the challenges in writing for children; from celebrated work of poetry to various form of prose; from gender and sexuality to engaging with the past were meticulously covered in a short period. |
 Raginee |
 A resolution has been adopted in the Hindu Lit For Life Fest 2015 as follows:"We, the community of concerned citizens – writers, readers, publishers, journalists, and cultural practitioners – assembled at The Hindu’s literary festival, Lit for Life 2015, in Chennai condemn, in the strongest possible terms, the attempt to silence the brilliant Tamil writer Perumal Murugan and stand in full solidarity with him.” |
Raginee |
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Jaipur Literature Festival, an annual event is being organized this year starting from 17th January 2014. |
M. Manohar |
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All corners of the world has a literary meaning all parts of the world. This phrase has originated from Cymbeline 1611 written by Shakespeare. In that period little was known about round shape of the earth. |
 Reena Gaur |