On a gloomy Saturday afternoon, the sudden spark which
rightly poked me to turn on to the chirpy side was the invitation by writersmelon to attend TimesLitFestDelhi. Delhi talks literature.The venue, the schedule, the guests, speakers and the line
of events actually could not keep me back seat. Turning off the mundane
routines, shaking off those daily chores, I gathered my perfect literary spirit
to arrive there.
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| With eminent journalist Rajdeep Sardesai |
The venue- Maidens Hotel-The venue itself spoke of an
expression which narrated ideas, intellect and as far as my eyes could see
there were eminent writers, intellectuals, journalists, media personnel doing
their own bit. That was the charm of Times lit fest. Delhi had turned from the political capital
to the new literary hub.I was fortunate enough to be a part of few events on 28th November which started off with “Write India”
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| The magic begins |
Write India
This session was more of an interactive session with eminent
Authors. Their very own touch and style of writing endowed the audience with
comprehensive and synoptic methods and techniques for writing be it short
story or novel. Also the winners of "Write India" were felicitated.
There distinguished panel consisted of Amish Tripathi who gave some quick tips on style, content, characterization, sentence construction
and ideas, Ashwin Sanghi was witty enough to just give
the crux by saying “Write a story which stops the readers from going to bathroom”
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| Write India |
Ravi Subramanian elaborated
about the latest trend in short story writing which has embraced new style to
keep in pace with our fast paced life. The 50/100 word short story. That was a
unique way of storytelling. He also narrated the scope of new experiments in
story writing and storytelling, market trends and interesting new researches
on weaving and writing stories through various platforms “Cell Phone Novel” was the new buzz in the literary arena. That was indeed a new concept.
Session 2- Time-6pm– It had panel of eminent authors and writers, controversial in their
own way, courageous, gutsy and gallant with their expressions, unfurled in
their narration of events, stories, thoughts, ideas, away from dogmatic grips and conventional cuffs.The session was conducted by Nilanajan Roy.
Among the eminent authors were Taslima Nasreen, Sudhindra
Kulkarni, Kiran Nagarkar of “God’s little
soldier” fame and Basharat Peer of “Curfew at night”. Each writer be it from our country or our neighbouring
countries spoke about the real muse which actually invokes and incites a writer
to bring the best “Expression of thoughts” and "Freedom of expression”.
Taslima Nasrin spoke about the
importance of freedom of expression, she said that unless a writer feels free to write his or
her expressions it cannot delve into the heart of readers, words, contents, ideas, events and story follows later. She also narrated about her
struggle and how she still battles through social and political hurdles to pursue her
passion and write just the way she sees
things without distorting it, representing social causes and oppression of
women through her words fighting against many dogmas.
Sudhendra Trivedi had
been in news in recent times, author of “Biography of Gandhi” he too spoke of the
latest trend in writing, laying emphasis on freedom of expression. Kiran Nagarkar writer of "God’s little soldier" spoke about his literary journey, how
writing impacted society and life, he believed
in “One God-i.e life, so worship life”
his words also laid a special stress on eradicating oppression and celebrating
life more than anything.
There were simultaneous sessions being held at other banquet halls.A few words from
Avirook Sen, his journey as a writer, his book “Arushi” were discussed. The way
he saw the event, the manner in which he interpreted it, the intriguing incident,
the sensitive plot, real life which had to be depicted in the most subtle
yet very powerful way to reach out to readers, to make them see the reality in
the most profound and ingenious manner were all explained to the large audience.
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| Avirook Sen of "Arushi" |
For an aspiring writer, a reader of good books, a disciple
of great story, Delhi lit festival was the perfect abode. It embellished and enriched the learning
curve
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| Hotel Maidens and the literary crowd |
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