Various literary agencies and organisations of the Gwalior- Chambal Division will be taking part in the International Literature Festival to be held in Gwalior from the 27th of this month. As reported earlier, Udbhav Sports and Cultural Association is organising an International Literature Festival as part of its 25th Anniversary Celebrations. The event, under the aegis of Udhav Sahityak Manj will be held at The Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management from August 27 to 30.
The festival will be sponsored by Central Academy School and Akhil Bharateeya Sahitya Parishad.
A special meeting was held at the Vivekananda Conference Hall, Nai Sadak today to finalise the schedule and the other lists of items of the festival.
Shridhar Paradkar, Chief – Patron of the festival presided over the function which was attended by the office bearers of various literary agencies and organisations. Speaking on the occasion, Paradkar said that the festival is held to celebrate the creative spirit bringing it in conversation with the best personalities in the field of literature within and outside the country.
He added that the festival will give a new identity to the literature traditions of the area.
Keshav Pandey, President of Udbhav Sports and Cultural Association said that this is the first time an international festival of this magnitude is being held in Gwalior, so it is the responsibility of all literature loving people to make it a success.
Literary figures, like Bhagawan Swarup Chaitanya, Ghanshyam Bharati, Kumar Sanjiv, Neeru Singh Ghni, Ashok Shironkar and Rajesh Awasthy among others gave their suggestions to make the festival successful.
The meeting was also attended by Deepak Tomar; Arvind Singh Jadon, Principal of Central Academy school; Manisha Jain; Monu Rana; Rajendra Mudugal and Aditya Singh Bhadouria among others.