Mangaluru Lit Fest-2018 inaugurated

Team Udayavani, Nov 4, 2018, 10:32 AM IST

Mangaluru: The two- day  Mangalore Lit Fest -2018 with the theme ’The Idea of Bharath’ was inaugurated in the presence of a host of  literary admirers at the T M A Pai International Convention Centre  here on Saturday, November 3^rd.  The fest was inaugurated by Sandhya Pai who is the managing editor of Tushara, Taranga and Tunturu magazines.

Addressing the gathering in her inaugural speech, Sandhya compared Bharath to a vibrant energy. And said, Our country has vast culture and tradition of its own. Along with humanity, several religions, customs, traditions have emerged and it is limited to certain boundaries within the region.”

Speaking on the occasion, the Editor of Organiser Prafulla Ketkar said,” Idea of Bharath is more about reality and realisation rather than research. ‘Anubava’ and ‘Anubuthi’ are called as Bharath. The idea of Bharath which Nehru came up with was just a research and not a realization of India.”

Chairman of NITTE Education Trust Dr N Vinaya Hegde said,” It’s good to see young minds join this fest to know what Bharath is. For me Bharath is something that is applicable for 1,000 million people. We would like to build society with happiness and well being and all must lead life with the wealth.”

The aim of Mangaluru Lit Fest is to provide a platform for intellectual deliberations on ‘The Idea of Bharat’. The festival will be a platform for monologues, panel discussions, conversations, book reviews, symposiums, along with book and art exhibition.

Prominent litterateurs will be participating in the fest including Rajeev Malhotra, Dr David Frawley, Major Gaurav Arya, R Jagannathan, Madhu Kishwar, Sahana Vijayakumar, Shefali Vaidya, Prakash Belwadi, Vivek Agnihotri, Sandeep Balakrishna, Anand Ranganathan, Chakravarti Sulibele, Rohit Chakratirta, Shaddalu Ranade, Makarand Paranjape and Anirban Ganguly.