A literary treat for Delhiites
Come February, Delhi will once again witness some of the most creative writers of our times, sharing their most interesting experiences. Delhi Literature Festival, which is entering into the seventh edition this year, will be held from February 8 - 10, 1 pm to 8 pm, at Dilli Haat. The festival was started in the year 2013, with the objective of inculcating good old habit of book reading and promoting tourism.
In the past years, it has witnessed active participation from popular authors and writers including Ashok Bajpai, Ashok Chakradhar, Ankit Lal, Ashwin Sanghi, Anna Vetticad, Ashish Chaudhary, Blossom Kochhar, Christopher Doyle, Rakhshanda Jalil, Ravinder Singh, Munawwar Rana, Shashi Tharoor, Mani Shankar Aiyar, amongst others.
Prominent publishers including Ajay Mago – Om Books International, Swati Daftuer – Commissioning Editor Harper Collins, Milee Ashwarya, Editor-in-Chief Penguin Random House and Simran Khara, CEO Juggernaut have actively participated at the Delhi Literature Festival.
This year, the literary extravaganza will be officially supported by Department of Art, Culture and Language, Government of NCT of Delhi, Hindi Academy and Sahitya Kala Parishad.
The organisers have closely worked with all the leading book publishers.
The seventh edition is expected to be bigger and more exciting with leading authors including Amit Lodha, Novoneel Chakraborty, Ravinder Singh, Madhavi Menon, Ruskin Bond, Pallavi Kamakshi Rebbapragada, Jonathan Gil Harris, Dr Shashi Tharoor, Prasoon Joshi, Manoj Muntashir, S Y Quraishi, Rajdeep Sardesai, Vir Sanghvi, Purushottam Agrawal, Malashri Lal,Dr Mridula Tandon, Moein Shadad, Tarkash Pradeep, Taruna Mishra, Meenakshi Jijivisha, Irshad Khan Sikandar, Valay Singh, Victor Kalyan Ghose being lined up.
