More than 90 renowned speakers from across the country and the world will participate. The BLF will include storytelling, painting and poetry competitions for youth.
The sixth edition of the renowned 'Bhopal Literature Festival' (BLF) which is being organized in partnership with the Culture Department of the Government of MP will kick off at the cultural complex Bharat Bhavan located in the beautiful Shyamla Hills from January 12th.Raghav Chandra the founder and Director of the Bhopal Literature and Art Festival informed this at a press conference organized here on Wednesday.
Chandra said over the three days till January 14th, more than 50 sessions related to contemporary international and national affairs, art and literature will be conducted, featuring more than 90 speakers of national and international acclaim. Starting from 11 AM and going on till 8 PM each day, various sessions on different topics will take place in different auditoriums during all three days.
The festival's inauguration on the first day, January 12, will begin at 11 AM at the indoor auditorium of Bharat Bhavan with an invocation by renowned classical singer Smita Nagdev, followed by discussions on the book 'Banker and Custodian of Trust' written by Shri Rajnish Kumar the former Chairman of State Bank of India, who is currently Chairman of Master Card and 'The Everest Girl' written by Bhopal based journalist Brajesh Rajput and a discussion on the Bhopal based film 'The Railway Man'.
It is also planned to have a lecture on the life of Raja Vikramaditya. The opening session will also have discussions on topics such as the role of social media influencers in city marketing.
Later, from 6 PM onwards, there will be a discussion about a book written on the life and work of 'Indian Queen of Pop,' Padma Shri Usha Uthup followed by her live performance.
On January 13, there will be sessions on 'Geeta for Students' by Vijay Agrawal and OP Srivastava. Sessions will also cover 'The Last Mile' by Amarjeet Sinha a former Secretary Government of India, 'Museum Age Time Machine' by Tasneem Zakaria Mehta, 'Wildlife' by Shivang Mehta, 'West Asia at War' and 'Will There Ever Be Peace' by Talmiz Ahmad and Pankaj Sarna. Dr. Seema Raijada from Bhopal will discuss Munshi Premchand with writer Sara Rai besides sessions by Abhigyan Prakash, Ajay Bisaria, and Dr. Nayanjot Lahiri.