Chandigarh Literati

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]}

Chandigarh Literati
Chandigarh Literati 2013
Genre	Literary festival
Dates	23-24 Nov
Location(s)	Chandigarh, India
Years active	2013
Website	http://www.chandigarhliterati.com/

History

According to the chairperson of Sumita Misra, IAS, the Chandigarh Literati was originally conceived in an attempt to promote the literary arts in the city, provide a platform for talented regional writers and thinkers and make 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]

Festival timeline

2013

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]

• 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

2014

Literati 2014 was a three day gala affair from 7-9 November with poetry, plays, book launches, panel discussions and much more.^[11]

2015

2015 festival was a three day affair from 6-8 November with poetry, plays, sufi music, book launches, panel discussions galore.^[12] In this festival following authors and poets participated; Kiran Nagarkar, Nayantara Sahgal, Anusha Yadav, Malavika Karlekar, Naman P. Ahuja, Tishani Doshi, Ashok Vajpeyi, Mridula Koshi, Sandip Roy, Mahesh Rao, Teesta Setalvad, Anupam Srivastava, Jonathan Gill Harris, Madhulika Liddle, Ratna Vira, Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, Kausar Munir, Munna Dhiman, Jane De Suza, Ravi Subramanian, Ravinder Singh, Vinita Dawra Nangia, Nighat Gandhi, Dhritabrata B. Tato, Sohaila Kapur, Neena Wagh, Payal Dhar, Himanjali Sankar, Devika Rangachari, Tavleen Singh, Leila Seth, Gul Panag, Chandra Shekhar Varma, Prachnad Praveer, Sharad Singh, Madhav Kaushik, Gulzar Sandhu, Bubbu Tir, Sudhir Mishra, Hugh & Colleen Gantzer, Amrita Chatterjee, Puneetinder Kaur Sandhu, Ashoke Mitra, Rishi Vohra, Simran Grewal, Renana Jhabvala, Bahar Dutt, Chandra Trikha, Vandana Shukla.^[13]

2016

2016 festival was a two day event held on 26 & 27 November 2016 with poetry, plays, book launches, panel discussions galore.^[14]

2017

Literati 2017 was a two day event held on 25 & 26 November 2017 Sukhna Lake Club lawns with poetry, plays, book launches, panel discussions galore. Following authors and poets participated and attended the event; Raskin Bond, Saurabh Sharma, Archna Sahni, Vineet Bajpai, Sheela Reddy, Rakhshanda Jalil, Robin Gupta, Ram Varma, Vandana Shukla, Neel Kamal Puri, Chetna Keer, Atamjeet Singh, Jasbeer Mand, Manmohan Singh, Rujuta Diwekar, Lee Maracle, Columpa C. Bobb, Khushwant Singh, Shantanu Gupta.^[15]

References

1. Bajwa, Harpreet (20 November 2013). . New Indian Express. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
2. Rana, Y. S. (22 November 2013). . Punjab News Express. Archived from the original on 25 November 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
3. "Another literature fest to enliven City from November 23". Spaceview Times. 22 November 2013. Archived from the original on 1 January 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
4. . India News Calling. 22 November 2013. Archived from the original on 23 November 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
5. Shukla, Vandana (21 November 2013). . Tribune India. Chandigarh. Archived from the original on 25 November 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2013. Alt URL
6. "Discussions, book release, couplets mark Day 1 of Literati". Indian Express. Chandigarh. 24 November 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
7. Singh, Manpriya (23 November 2013). "Chandigarh Literary Society's maiden venture Literati 2013 brings four acclaimed writers to Chandigarh". The Tribune. Chandigarh. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
8. Kachhava, Priyanka (23 November 2013). . The Times of India. Chandigarh. Archived from the original on 29 November 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
9. . Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
10. . Archived from the original on 1 January 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
11. "Celebrating navrasas, Literati 2014 begins today". The Times of India. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
12. "Literati-2015 begins". Tribune India. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
13. "Chandigarh literary festival to celebrate creativity and literature". Hindustan Times. 28 October 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
14. "Punjab Governor to kick off Literati, the Chandigarh LitFest". Babushahi. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
15. "The bond with Ruskin: Chandigarhians talk about the legendary writer". Hindustan Times. 25 November 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2023.

External links

• - Official website.