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12th Edition | 2023
December 16-17
The Lalit Ashok, Bengaluru
The most awaited panel discussion of the Bangalore Literature Festival was inaugurated with a beautiful message by Tasnima Nasreen on the issue of growing intolerance in the nation, which set the tone and topic for the rest of the discussion. …
ಎಂ. ಜೆ. ಅಕ್ಬರ್ ಆಧುನಿಕತೆಯ ಸವಾಲುಗಳ ಕುರಿತಂತೆ ಮಾತನಾಡಿ, ನೂರು ವರ್ಷ ಹಿಂದಿನ ಚರ್ಚೆಗಿಂತ ನೂರು ವರ್ಷ ಮುಂದಿನ ಭಾರತ ಹೇಗಿರಬೇಕೆಂಬ ಚೆರ್ಚೆ ಈ ದೇಶಕ್ಕೆ ಬೇಕಾಗಿದೆ. ಇಹಿಹಾಸವನ್ನು ದ್ವೇಷದ ಮೂಲವಾಗಿ ನೋಡದೆ, ಕಲಿಯಬೇಕಾದ ಪಾಠವಾಗಿ ನೋಡಿದರೆ ಭವಿಷ್ಯ ರೂಪಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳಬೇಕಾದ ಮಾರ್ಗಗಳು ತೆರೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತವೆ ಎಂದರು.
ಭಾರತೀಯರ ತಪ್ಪುಗಳು ಭಾರತದ ತಪ್ಪುಗಳಲ್ಲ. ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ ಭಾರತೀಯರು ಮಾಡಿದ ತಪ್ಪುಗಳನ್ನು …
ನೇತಾಜಿ ಸುಭಾಶ್ ಚಂದ್ರ ಬೋಸ್ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಇತಿಹಾಸಕಾರರು ಮತ್ತು ಮೀಡಿಯಾದವರ ಗಮನ ಸೆಳೆಯಲು ಕಷ್ಟವಾಗಿತ್ತು. ಆದರೆ 2005 ರಲ್ಲಿ RTI ಕಾಯ್ದೆ ತಂದ ನಂತರ ತಾನು ಮತ್ತು ತನ್ನ ಸಹೋದ್ಯೋಗಿಗಳು ಸೇರಿ ಗೃಹ ಇಲಾಖೆಗೆ ನೇತಾಜಿ ಕುರಿತ ಮಾಹಿತಿಗಾಗಿ ಅರ್ಜಿ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಿದಾಗ, ದೇಶದ ಭದ್ರತೆಯ ನೆಪವೊಡ್ಡಿ ಸರ್ಕಾರದವರು ಅರ್ಜಿಯನ್ನು ತಿರಸ್ಕರಿಸಿದ್ದರು. ಕೆಲವು ಕಡತಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಇರುವ ಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮ …
Mona Verma, the recipient of the Uttarakhand Ratna award, 2014 started the session by talking about Lady Macbeth, the character from Shakespeare’s Macbeth. After goading Macbeth into committing regicide, she becomes Queen of Scotland, but later suffers pangs of guilt …
The left wing was over-crowded to find an answer to one big question “Who does the writer write for?” Four authors from diverse background and who write in different genres gave the answer to this big question in their own …
Atta Galata had recently published ‘Karnakavita’, a compilation of poetic works of 30 Hindi poets based in Bangalore. Five of them joined us in BLF 2015 to recite their poems and discuss the various cultural, artistic and lingual issues. …
ವಿಕ್ರಂ ಸಂಪತ್ ಮಾತನಾಡುತ್ತಾ “ ದೇಶ ಎಂಬ ಕಲ್ಪನೆಯೇ ಇರದಿದ್ದಾಗ ಒಬ್ಬ ರಾಜನಾಗಿ ತನ್ನ ಸಾಮ್ರಾಜ್ಯ ವಿಸ್ತಾರಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಟಿಪ್ಪು ಹೊರಾಡಿದನೇ ಹೊರತು ಆತನನ್ನು ಸ್ವಾತಂತ್ರ ಹೋರಾಟಗಾರ ಎಂದು ಕರೆಯುವುದಕ್ಕಾಗುವುದಿಲ್ಲ” ಎಂದರು. ಯಾವುದೇ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ಘಟನೆಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆಯೂ ಇದೇ ಅಂತಿಮ ಮಾಹಿತಿ ಎನ್ನಲು ಬರುವುದಿಲ್ಲ, ಅದು ಕೇವಲ ಮಧ್ಯಂತರ ಮಾಹಿತಿಗಳಾಗಿರುತ್ತವೆ. ಅವುಗಳನ್ನು ಮರುಪ್ರವೇಶ ಮಾಡುವ ಅವಶ್ಯಕತೆ ಇರುತ್ತದೆ. …
Four luminaries of entirely different languages get together to discuss their takes on Bhasha in today’s world. Moderator and Odia author Paramita Satpathy kicked off the session by addressing Dr. K N. Ganeshaiah, asking him to share his thoughts on …
The big city life can be daunting and exciting at the same time. How does a little girl view the big bad city? The panel discussion with a very engaging moderator, Rachna Singh, took many a turn on defining what …
The protagonist of any book is whom the readers root for. Creating this protagonist can be a mammoth task. This writers’ panel discussion moderated by Manju Jaidka revolved around this while talking about the panelists’ own experience in creating protagonists.…
Being a fascinating topic in today’s context, the session Remaking Hindu Imagination session received a good response from the audience.
The moderator of this discussion, Mr. Raghunathan V, began by asking Kavita Kane about her motivation behind writing her wonderful …
Writing is an art, but it is an art which can be acquired and tailored to perfection. That’s exactly what Indira Chandrasekhar tried to inculcate in her session. Indira is the Founding Editor of Out of Print magazine. She started …
Partition is the defining moment for all the countries concerned. Many many years after the event, it still impacts the countries and its people greatly, especially where the relations between India and Pakistan is concerned – Kashmir is still called …
Four renowned writers who write in different languages came together to discuss language as a medium of expression in a session moderated by Dr. Janaky Sreedaran who opened the debate by asking a question – “Given the vast number of …
This discussion took the audience back in history, to the the cataclysmic First World War. It was an earth-shattering event, that most people don’t really remember today, mostly because the witnesses are no longer alive. The horrors the war perpetuated …
Two enterprising young authors who’ve already made an unforgettable mark on India’s literary scene sat down with an intimate audience for an inspiring Q&A session.
When the session began, the authors were asked for their advice on how to break …
The second day of BLF started with a session which was bound to serve the audience with food for thought, as it was based on an interesting topic being discussed by an expert on the subject.
Despite it being his …
A thought-provoking talk by well-known journalist and author MJ Akbar on the challenges to modernity in India held the audience in captive attention.
The national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Rajya Sabha MP from Jharkhand began by …
Sunday’s 11am session at the Right Wing stage at BLF was a full house when three renowned individuals associated to films spoke about its impact on children. Malavika Avinash, Prakash Belawadi and Ramya along with the moderator Darius Sunawala discussed …
It is never too late to listen to your heart. But for some, life is too short to wait. Here is Zac O’Yeah, who “retired” (that is how he puts it) from his career as a theatre artist merely at …
