Literary fest registration begins

PANAJI: The state is expecting a rare appearance by Meera Kosambi at the Goa Arts and Literary Festival to be held at four venues in Panaji by the International Centre-Goa, Dona Paula, from December 13 to 17.
Each days programme at the festival will be a vibrant mix of book releases, poetry readings and topical panel discussion, capped by musical performances.The venues spread across Panaji will be Kala Academy, Azad Maidan, Institute Menezes Braganza and the Muncipal Garden.
Among those scheduled to speak at the festival are Amish Tripathi,Cyril Almeida, Jeet Thayil, Jerry Pinto, Musharraf Ali Farooqi, Victor Rangel-Ribeiro and Wendell Rodricks.