literati 2015, the 3rd edition of Chandigarh literary Society’s lit fest will open on Friday with the inaugural keynote address by noted author Kiran Nagarkar at the lake Club.
Nearly 60 authors from across the country are converging to the city to celebrate the aesthetics of written word.
Some of the noted authors include, Kiran Nagarkar, Nayantara Sahgal, Tavleen Singh, Ashok Vajpeyi, Ravi Subramanian, Ravinder Singh, Jane De Suza, Nighat Gandhi, Ratna Vira, leila Seth, Gul Panag, Hugh and Coilleen Gantzer, Amrita Chatterjee, Kausar Munir, Munna Dhiman, among others, would be exploring nuances of contemporary literature.
A young Sufi band of Gurnazar Chattha would perform at the Chandigarh Golf Club for the participating authors. During the lit fest two books, one on “Sikhs: The Untold Agony of 1984” by Nilanjan Mukhopadhya, and another one “Kashmir: The loss of Innocence” by Kiran Kohli Narain, would be released on November 7.
Sohaila Kapur directed and choreographed sufi play on Rumi, Sohbat, would be premiered at literati on November 7 evening at the Chandigarh lake Club itself.