Friends of BLF is a group of individuals who firmly believe that the city comes alive in its public spaces, in its arts and culture events that foster meaningful dialogue, enriching discussions and healthy debates; a group whose support has laid the foundation for an independent, community-funded literary event that the city of Bangalore can be proud of and can claim as ‘nammadu‘. Their support came at a time when we needed it the most – at the start, and it continues to grow each year – anchoring every successive edition.
Friends of BLF help create – with their generosity, energy and time – this world of words.
Where readers and writers come together
Where literature goes live and everyone listens
With a stake in the festival you are forever a part of it.
We seek your support to make this collective dream a reality and anchor the Festival. Come, join us. Become a Friend of BLF and a friend of literature.
Friends of BLF, 2025 (in alphabetical order):
- Ajit Isaac
- Akila Krishnakumar
- Anjum Jung
- Aprameya Radhakrishna
- Aroon Raman
- Bharati Jacob Kurien
- Bob Pattillo
- CK Sharma
- Deeksha Dinesh
- Deepika Mogilishetty
- Dilip James
- Dilip Panicker
- GM Rao
- Hari Marar
- Hema Ravichandar
- Irfan Razack
- Isaac Mathai
- Jacob Mathew
- Jaithirth Rao
- Jitu Virwani
- Kalpana & Pradeep Kar
- Karan Singh
- Karthik Mahalingam
- Kavita & Manish Sabharwal
- Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
- Kiron Shah
- Kishore Pinpati
- KN Shanth Kumar
- Kris Gopalakrishnan
- Lakshmi Ishwar
- M Lakshminarayan
- Madan Padaki
- Meeta Malhotra
- Mekin Maheshwari
- MR Jaishankar
- Mukesh Bansal
- Nandan Kamath
- Narayan Ramachandran
- Naresh Ponnapa
- Nithin Kamath
- NS Parthasarathy
- Padmaja Alaganandan
- Phyllis Savage
- Pradeep Singh
- Prashanth Prakash
- Prateeti Ballal
- Radhika & Parmit Chadha
- Rahul & Ally Matthan
- Rajiv C. Mody
- Rajiv & Kamini Sawhney
- Ramneek Bakhshi
- Ranjan Pai
- Raoul Chitiappa
- Renuka & Deepak Padaki
- Rohini Nilekani
- Samir Kumar
- Samit Ghosh
- Samuel Selvakumar
- Sandeep Singhal
- Sandeep Maini
- Sangita Jindal
- Sanjay Anandaram
- Sashi Rajamani
- SD Shibulal
- Seema & Rostow Ravanan
- Shashi & Natty
- Shrinivas Gorur
- SK Jain
- Smita Patel
- SN Agarwal
- Srikanth Iyer
- Sriram Srinivasan
- Srividya Prakash
- Sudhir Rao
- Sujata Kelkar Shetty
- Sukumar Srinivas
- Sunil & Kiran Chainani
- Susmita & Subroto Bagchi
- TV Mohandas Pai
- Ullas Kamath
- Vijay Sood
- Vivek Kumar
- Yasmeen Premji