January 24, 2012
Recent Lit Fests in India
Literature is for understanding, entertainment and fearless expression in an intellectual way. Freedom of expression may often lead to controversies and many noted literary personalities could be controversial. However, controversy can never be the theme for any eminent literary personality.
Once for information and entertianment, media now mecame big business and is thriving mostly on controversies. Recently we had two literary festivals- one in Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh) and the other in Jaipur (Rajasthan). They are supposed to be the meeting point for literary giants but media was more keen on the controversies regarding participation, organisation and conduct. Salman Rushdie’s non-participation became more important than the paticipation of some extraordinary literary personalities. One should note that people are important and issues are also important but not more than the event itself.
barring controversies let us have a glimpse of the happenings there at Jaipur. Here is the link for the one at Hyderabad. We especially thank Sri Harikrishna for the first hand information provided to us on the HLF 2012.
