Second edition of Gateway LitFest to gather authors from all Indian languages


 The second edition of the Gateway LitFest will be held at NCPA on February 20-21, 2016, involving writers from all regional languages, looking to bring more vernacular authors to the national limelight.
The Gateway LitFest has been conceived to celebrate regional writings and promote vernacular writers as most of the literary events were dominated by Indo-Anglian literature. 

The first edition was a thumping success with the participation of around 50 leading authors and film-makers from nine languages. The festival is being presented by Mumbai-based magazine Kaakka and organised by Passion4Communication (P4C).

“The idea to celebrate regional writings at the national level had a loud response, if we go by the number of writers and book lovers who actively attended. Moreover, it could make strong ripples in the regional languages too after the two-day event became the platform for thought-provoking discussions and new ideas,” said Festival Executive Director Mohan Kakkanadan.

“Based on the recommendations of leading writers, we have decided to bring together writers from all the regional languages in the country this time, expanding the canvas for literary debates and exchange of ideas,” he added.
The inaugural edition gave focus to seven languages – Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Oriya, and Tamil. There were also exclusive sessions for some of these languages.

World renowned film-maker Adoor Gopalakrishnan heads the advisory panel for the event. Marathi writer Laxman Gaikwad, banker and writer Ravi Subramanian, former secretary of Kendra Sahitya Akademi and writer Satchidanandan, Oscar award winner Resul Pookkutty, Kochi-Muziris Biennale president and curator Bose Krishnamachari, and editor and film writer Uma da Cunha are the members.

Prominent names from the literary and film world who attended the literary carnival last time included Gujarati poet and padmashri awardee Sitanshu Yashaschandra, Subodh Sarkar (Bengal) Leena Manimakalai (film-maker and writer from Tamil Nadu), Govind Nihalani, Benyamin (Kerala), Hemant Divatte, Satish Solankurkar (Maharashtra), actor-director Nandita Das, Sachin Ketkar (Gujarat), Kureeppuzha Sreekumar, Kalpetta Narayan, VR Sudhish, Manasi (all Kerala), and Ramu Ramanathan.

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