BENGALURU: It's been five years since
Bangalore Literature Festival
(BLF) launched itself onto the city's
culturescape.
Barring a
few hiccups
along the way, it's well-entrenched in every
book-loving Bengalurean's mind.
BLF will celebrate its fifth edition this weekend.
The lineup of 100+ participants features writers, scholars, journalists and newsmakers of 2016. They include Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor, whose talk with Sanjeev Sanyal will be during the first session on Saturday, to actor Shatrughan Sinha, Amish Tripathi, Aishwarya Rajinikanth Dhanush, Kanhaiya Kumar, Anita Raghavan, Kanishk Tharoor, Ramachandra Guha, Bezwada Wilson, Jerry Rao, Gurcharan Das, Vivek Shanbhag and Vasudhendra.
The two-day fest has a lot for children too. An event called Children|Literature|Fun (C|L|F) will host workshops, storytelling sessions, creative games and more for young readers. Cultural programmes include a Bob Dylan tribute concert by Guru Rewben Mashangva, a ballet performance by The Lewis Foundation of Classical Ballet and a concert by actor, writer and poet Piyush Mishra.
The festival will be inaugurated by
Shashi Deshpande, Sudha Murty and KV Tirumalesh on Saturday (December 17) at 9.30am. Entry is free.
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