Thousands gather at Brahmaputra Literary Festival
Guwahati, January 29, 2017
Brahmaputra Literary Festival at Guwahati
Creative writers, journalists, filmmakers, vivid appreciators, enthusiast observers from various parts of the globe now
gather at Brahmaputra Literary Festival in the far eastern part of India. First of its kinds in the alienated region of the country, the
festival witnessed the gala opening on Saturday precluding all serious panel discussions on literature and related other creative activities.
Eminent authors including Randy Taguchi from Japan, Neal Hall from USA, Carlo Pizaati, Giampaolo Simi & Alessandra Bertini from Italy,
Francois Gautier & Nicolos Idier from France, Carlos Penalver from Spain, Subramani from Fiji, Dhunpal Raj Heeraman & Ramdeo Dhorundhur
from Mauritius, Selina Hussain & Shaheen Akhtar from Bangladesh, Rajiva Wijesinha from Sri Lanka, Raj Heeramun, Ramdev Dhoorandhar &
Niranjan Kunwar from Nepal, Yugyen Tshering from Bhutan have already graced Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra, the venue of the festival.
Many prominent Indian writers and cultural personalities like Asha Parekh, Shatrughan Sinha, Rakyesh Omprakash Mehra Damodar Mauzo,
Subhash Kashyap, Makarand Paranjpe, Narendra Kohli, Khalid Mohammed, Dipa Choudhuri are scheduled to participate in various sessions of the
festival including open interaction with the audience.
Some famed north-eastern creative personalities and journalists including Sanjoy Hazarika, Arup Kumar Dutta, Jahnavi Barua, Mamang
Dai, Pradip Phanjoubam, Monalisa Chankija, Dhruba Hazarika, Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi, Leena Sarma, Jnan Pujari, Phanindra Kumar
Debachoudhury, Kula Saikia, Rami Chhabra, Vimala Morthala, Aniz Uz Zaman, Monikuntala Bhattacharjya, Dileep Chandan along with Utpal
Borpujari, Nilim Kumar, Suparna Lahiri Baruah, Mirza Ali Baig, Prasanta Rajguru, Mrinal Talukdar, Arindam Barkataki, Samrat
Chowdhury, Nanigopal Mahanta, Imran Hussain, Ratna Barali Talukdar, Atanu Bhattachrya, Geetali Borah etc arrived at the venue for cohesive
participation.
With this three-day fiesta, jointly organised by the National Book Trust India (under HRD ministry) and Publication Board Assam (under
Assam’s education ministry), the city has emerged as an important venue of literary festivals in the country. With brain storming panel
discussions, book releases & readings, cultural events including screenings of films based on literary pieces etc, the festival is
expected to enrich the literary prospect of the region to many extend.
Inaugurating the festival, the Union human resources development minister Prakash Javadekar appealed to the litterateur and authors to
contribute for the mission to build a culturally sound society through their literary pieces reflecting the truth. Once a journalist,
Javadekar also assured the government's support in ensuring the freedom of thought & expressions.
Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal, State education minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, celebrated authors Randy Taguchi, Mamang Dai and
Damodar Mauzo, NBT chairman Baldeo Bhai Sharma & director Rita Choudhury also addressed the gathering under the winter sky. Earlier a
spectacular literary carnival led the participants to the festival venue in the southern part of the pre-historic city.
* This Press Release was sent to e-pao.net by NJ Thakuria who can be contacted at navathakuria(AT)gmail(DOT)com
This Press Release was posted on January 30 2017
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