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12th Edition | 2023
November 25-26
The Lalit Ashok, Bengaluru
The name of this session itself acted as a magnet for the audience, hence resulting in an overwhelming response to this discussion. Durjoy Datta, Preeti Shenoy and Ravinder Singh, all of whom are famous authors of today’s age, made for …
The Seasons hall at Royal Orchid was over-crowded within seconds for the session on “The Frog That Climbed over the Mountain.” The host was filled with enthusiasm and so were the kids. The host invited Kartik Shanker, the author of …
Filled with humour and entertaining barbs, Zac O’Yeah and Upamanyu Chatterjee took the audience through an interesting journey through Upamanyu’s new book, his experiences as he authored Othello Sucks, and a candid interaction with the audience over the issues …
2015 ರ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಉತ್ಸವವನ್ನು ಕಾಶ್ಮೀರಿ ಬರಹಗಾರ ಮೊಹಮ್ಮದ್ ಅಜೂರ್ ದಾ ಮತ್ತು ಕನ್ನಡದವರೇ ಆದ ಇಂಗ್ಲಿಷ್ ಲೇಖಕಿ ಶಶಿ ದೇಶಪಾಂಡೆ ದೀಪ ಬೆಳಗಿಸಿ ಉದ್ಘಾಟಿಸಿದರು. ತಡವಾಗಿ ಬಂದ ಜ್ಞಾನಪೀಠ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ ಪುರಸ್ಕೃತ ಸಾಹಿತಿ ಚಂದ್ರಶೇಖರ ಕಂಬಾರ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯಾಸಕ್ತರನ್ನು ಎರಡೂ ದಿನದ ಗೋಷ್ಠಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಸ್ವಾಗತಿಸಿದರು.
ಶಶಿ ದೇಶಪಾಂಡೆಯವರು ಉದ್ಘಾಟನ ಬಾಷಣ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಾ, “ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯೋತ್ಸವದಲ್ಲಿ ಭಾಗವಹಿಸುವುದು …
If ever there was a Bangalorean who needs no introduction, it would be Nandan Nilekani. The entrepreneur, bureaucrat and politician co-authored his most recent book titled ‘Rebooting India’ with Viral Shah, the founding partner of Julia Computing. Shah has worked …
Keeping with the tradition of planting the seeds of creativity at a tender age, BLF held a Magic and Mystery Storywriting Workshop with authors Pavitra Sankaran and Asha Nehemiah. Pavithra Sankaran, the author of Something Fishy, is an avid reader …
The Right Wing at BLF 2015 witnessed the beginning of this year’s poetic impulse with stalwarts from Kannada, Bengali and English poetry reciting their finest works. BLF organiser and acclaimed writer Shinie Antony set the ball rolling with her poetic …
It’s not every day that we get to witness two remarkably adept scholars in mutual admiration of each other’s works, drawing on each other’s extensive knowledge in a lively discussion on discovering the Bhagavad Gita. So on Day 1 of …
Kids love music, so it is no surprise that Timbuktu Publishing’s kids’ session on Writing Your First Song was such a big hit. It encouraged kids aged 7 and above to ideate on song lyrics and tune.
The session was …
An award-winning Indian novelist, and daughter of renowned Kannada writer and dramatist Sriranga, Shashi Deshpande published her first collection of short stories in 1978 and won the Sahitya Akademi Award for her novel That Long Silence in 1990.
Although Deshpande …
The 4th edition of Bangalore Literature Festival commenced on 5th December, 2015. The two day long festival will have the best of speakers, writers and thought leaders come together and share their honest and unbiased views on literature …
