Gujarati Literature Festival on 3,4 and 5
January in Ahmedabad
Get inspired and inspire others … cuddle and love your own Gujarati
Tens
of Gujarati writers of various fields and formats to address and
interaction to take place on three days at Kanoria Centre of Arts
Bilkul Special Report, Ahmedabad, Dec 19:Gujarat has produced quite rich work in art and literature. However, in the run for industrialization and development we sometimes tend to not emphasize and sing the song in praise for all those who carved a niche in the field of literature and arts of different forms.
This doesn’t mean that we have become senseless and indifferent to them. In order to put them on a live canvass, a unique Festival idea was coined by three young people of Gujarat.
The idea conceived and termed as “Gujarati Literature Festival” was the brain child of Nimitt Karia, Samkit Shah and Tanvi Karia.
The trio feels that “it is high time we bring out Gujarati out of its shell and tell the world that Gujarati is not just about ‘kem-chho-‘ ‘maja-ma’ or dhokla khakra and undhiyu. We have to go beyond it. Therefore, we decided to pamper and glorify the work done in Gujarati and applaud the work that is being seen done in Gujarati in the recent time. Vodafone has come to our help and presenting the Festival before the people. Idea is that new generation comes to us closer, tries to know and feel rich about our language’s work and literature in its various forms and formats.”
Samkit said “the event has no political or social affiliation and is driven by the singular goal to popularize a more contemporized Gujarati among the youth. Many of us have this surmounting inferiority complex about reading and writing Gujarati. We have sort of acquired and adapted a ‘Gujlish’ culture.
Tanvi Karia felt that “there is a myth among our youth that literature is boring set of some poems and serious type essays, whereas, literature is a big thing and can be accommodated felt seen weaved and represented in various forms of writing be that essays, poem, script for a movie, drama and so on and so forth.
Nimitt who is a budding writer himself says “ I grew up reading Bakor Patel. ..and I want my kids to also learn about this character along with their Nobitas and Doremons. Let them learn English and their mother tongue also, not only one at the cost of the other I mean” insists Nimitt.
Karia feels upset about the fact that we in India do not have festivals to boost our own languages and literature while UK Ireland Australia host as many as 250 literary festivals every year.
Vodafone Gujarat Business Head Brajesh Bajpai said “at Vodafone we always look for avenues to connect with our customers and promote local culture and literature. Our partnership with the Gujarati Literature festival is to invigorate the interest in Gujarati literature and provide an appropriate platform to the promising talent. Through this partnership we are trying to make a contribution towards increasing the reach of Gujarati language and its literature”.
The Event:
Venue - Kanoria Centre for Arts, K. L. Campus
Date - 3rd, 4th, 5th Jan 2014
Time - 9.30 am to 6.30 pm - Three parallel sessions
Entry - Free With Registration
Gujarati Literature Festival promises to bring together connoisseurs and creators of literature, art, music, drama, film and folk art for a live interaction. Over 100 accomplished and aspiring writers, poets and other creative people are expected to participate in the three days of festivities. In addition to the literary sessions the sidelines promise book stalls, folk art performances and of course delicious food!
Speakers :
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Aditi Desai, Ankit Trivedi, Aruna Mehta, Ashish Kakad, Atul
Karwal, Avinash Parekh, Bhagyesh Jha, Binita
Desai Chintan Pandya Chinu Modi Chintan ShethDevanshu Pandit Dhiren Avashiya Dr Ramesh DaveDr Ravindra Dave Feroze Abbas Khan Ganesh Devy Gunvant Shah Harsh Brahmbhatt1 Hasmukh Abari Hasmukh AboteHimanshu Prem Hiten Anandpara Jagdish Vyas Jaxay ShahJay Vasavada Jaynarayan Vyas Jwalant Chaya Kajal Oza VaidyaMadhu MenonMadhu Rai Mahesh Dave Miskin Natwar Gandhi Naushil Mehta Niharika Shah Niraj Vora Nirav Patel Paras Jha Paresh Vyas Piyush Desai Prabodh Parikh Pradip Khandwala Priti Sengupta Rajendra PatelRajendra Shukla Rita Kothari Rizvan Kadri RJ Manan Sanat MehtaSanjay Chhel Sarup Dhruv Saumya Joshi Sunil Parekh Upendra Trivedi Urvish Kothari Vinod BhattVishnu Pandya Yashwant Mehta |
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