The Booknerds held their exciting battle among authors “Lit Dangal 2.0” here on Sunday. The event witnessed many prominent authors, poets and novelists from across Uttrakhand.
The panel of speakers consisted of Dhruv Bogra, Jatin Sethi, Anita Bhatnagar Jain, Benu Malik, Sangita Singh, Vijay Bansal, Maria Wirth, Jitender Sharma, Lokesh Ohri, Atul Pundir, Sanjeev Jain, Tathagat Anand Srivastava and Ranvir Singh Chauhan. Co-founders of the Bookners, Rohan Raj and Neha Raj remarked that the event was started to create intrigue and interest in the writing community and to attract more attention towards it. Each author was allotted a period of seven minutes during which they had to showcase their talent in front of the present audience and the panel.
The author who came on top at the end turned out to be Atul Pundir. Even in the highly improbable rainy weather the event was a housefull portraying the enthusiasm of the book lovers. In the two-hour long event intellectuals, authors, poets, bureaucrats and cadets from RIMC took part.
Booknerds which was founded in 2014, has till date conducted over 230 events and hangouts in which over 40 books from different authors have been launched. In the coming days The Booknerds will work to bridge the gaps in the writing community, online as well as offline.