Friday, 19 March 2021

Chandigarh Spring LitFest Begins on March 20

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Chandigarh March 19, 2021:- Chandigarh Literary Society (CLS) is organizing a two-days of virtual Spring LitFest on 20th and 21st March.

Dr Sumita Misra, IAS, Chairperson of CLS and author said that the Spring LitFest is a new initiative of the CLS in its 10th anniversary year, since all the literary fests tend to be clustered in the months of November to January, and this is the most beautiful time of the year to celebrate the beauty of literature, of love and youthfulness.

With spring and Basant in the air, we have conceived this two-days virtual lit fest, with young poets on day one in the slam poetry session, and a kavi sammelan on the second day on the theme of 'rang aur tarang', Dr Sumita Misra added.

Spring is the season of creativity and renewed energy said author and motivational speaker Vivek Atray.  The world of books and literature helps us to dive deep into our own most creative aspects, he stated.

Some of the featured authors include Arshia Sethi, Utkarsh Patel, thriller and historic fiction writer Sutapa Basu, Abeer Kapoor, Sehar Mansoor, Vinita Bakshi, Surbhi Sama in moderated sessions.

Kavi Sammellan shall be moderated by prolific writer and Hindi poet Madhav Kaushik with three prominent poets on the show.

The Spring Litfest shall begin at 5pm on both days and shall be streamed live on CLS channels on Facebook and YouTube. (@CLSChandigarh). 

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