The Mysuru Literature Festival, launched by that dynamic bubbling young lady of our regal city, also a city of education, art and literature, had to go ‘underground’ due to COVID-19 during 2020 and 2021. However, the new technology came to its rescue and it surfaced as online Literature Festivals of 2020 and 2021. Well, no…
“We thought Kapil Dev was crazy but his self-belief got us thinking maybe it was true. We went out and beat them quite comfortably and suddenly thought to ourselves, we can do this.” Mysore/Mysuru: The one-and-a-half-hour session on “Life’s lessons from the 1983 World Cup victory” led by legendary India cricketer Krishnamachari (Kris) Srikkanth as…
Booker Prize winner Geetanjali Shree says people wrongly think they can change course of history Mysore/Mysuru: The Sixth Season of the Mysuru Literature Festival that was inaugurated last afternoon at Hotel Southern Star on Vinoba Road had an interesting session where Booker Prize-winning author Geetanjali Shree dwelled upon translation and its inner ramifications. The festival…
Mysore/Mysuru: The second session for the day was on ‘Cricket as democracy in action’ where journalist Rajdeep Sardesai was in conversation with Charu Sharma. Rajdeep spoke about how India is the most aspirational society where the hunger to achieve comes from tier 2 cities. “A politician’s son or daughter can become a politician easily, but…
Two-time Grammy Award winner Ricky Kej to perform today at 7 pm Mysore/Mysuru: The Sixth Season of the Mysuru Literature Festival, a flagship literary event, began at Hotel Southern Star on Vinoba Road in city this morning. The festival is being organised by Mysuru Literary Forum Charitable Trust and Mysuru Book Clubs-2015. The two-day event,…
Panel discussions to start with International Booker Prize 2022 winner Geetanjali Shri Grammy Award winner Ricky Kej to perform at 7 pm Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru Literary Forum Charitable Trust and Mysuru Book Clubs-2015 is hosting Mysuru Literature Festival, which enters into its Sixth Season in 2022. Addressing a press meet at Pathrakarthara Bhavan this morning,…
Shubha Sanjay Urs, Managing Trustee of Mysuru Literary Forum Charitable Trust and Mysuru Literature Festival, inaugurated Kitab Lovers – Book Fair – “Load The Box” at Nanjaraja Bahadur Choultry on Vinoba Road in city this morning. The Book Fair will be open to public from March 10 to March 13 from 10.30 am to 8.30…
Mysore/Mysuru: The West knows so little about South Asia. They have no idea how sophisticated and how well developed South Asia was before the West developed. They think they came along and invented everything and have no idea about the rich heritage and ideas that they have gleaned from the East. All the research about…
I was recently in Mumbai when a charming young boy came with a pile of books, tapped at the window of my car and said ‘Would you like the latest Jeffrey Archer?’ I said I am the latest Jeffery Archer! Mysore/Mysuru: Nothing much can be done on piracy and copyright infringement and moreover, people love…
Virtual session – Date: October 23 – Time: 7 pm IST Panellist: Ashwin Sanghi Ashwin Sanghi, based in Mumbai, is a very well-known author of the literary genre, thriller-fiction. Having done his schooling and initial college education in Mumbai, he went on to get his Master’s from the prestigious Yale University in the US. He…
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