DLF 2018: Sixth edition of Delhi Literature Festival to kick start from February 23

News Gateway /  Delhi Literature Festival  / New Delhi 

The sixth edition of the three-day Delhi Literature Festival is all set to kick off from February 23 at Dilli Haat. Featuring a diverse mix of writers of commercial and literary books, the upcoming literary gathering promises to be a lively affair for book lovers in the national capital.

“We are delighted to come up with the sixth edition of Delhi Literature Festival (February 23 to 25, 2018) with much-acclaimed authors and speakers. The three-day festival will hold many discussions and book readings as great attractions. Our objective is to promote young and inspiring authors, inculcate reading habits among the youth, and promote Indian literature across the globe,” Bharati Bhargava, founder Director of the Delhi Literature Festival said at a press conference here on Friday.

She added that a host of speakers, including Sanil Sachar, Ashwin Sanghi, Durjoy Dutta, Minu Bakshi, Milee Ashwarya, Simran Khara, Chiki Sarkar, Jaya Jaitly, Rakshanda Jalil, Mayank Austeen Sufi, Nilotpal Mrinal, R.V.Smith, Ankit Lal, Prashant Jha, Anant Padmanabhan, Rajat Sethi, Riva Ganguli Das and Parismita Singh among others will be participating in the literature festival.

The festival will open with a music session where Minu Bakshi, singer, and author, will share her views. After Minu Bakshi, there will be a discussion with author Sanil Sachar whose book “Rebound” was released recently.

“After the fiasco that led to his boycotting the Jaipur Literature Festival in the wake of the controversy centering on the film ‘Padmaavat,’ poet-lyricist Prasoon Joshi, Chairperson of CBFC, is expected to attend the festival too,” the organisers said in a statement.

The first day will have speakers like Anant Padmanabhan, Milee Ashwarya and Simran Khara, who will participate in a discussion on “The growth of crowd-sourced writing” in the new-age publishing industry. Topical issues and insights will be integral to the discussions with a Q&A session towards the end.

With their focus on the agenda of education, Delhi government’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia will speak on “Education for Empowerment” as part of the inaugural session.

On the second day of the festival, a panel discussion on “Nai Wali Hindi” will keep the lovers of Hindi Literature absorbed as speakers like Nilotpal Mrinal and Ashish Chaudhary will share their views on the present day status of Hindi Literature in India.

Another discussion on the Ganga Jamuni Tehzeeb will be the highlight of the day where Delhi’s historiographer R.V.Smith, blogger-photojournalist Mayank Austen Sufi and historian Rakshanda Jalil will look at the age-old amalgamation of the Hindu and Muslim practices that have always been an integral part of India.

Jaya Jaitly will discuss her book “Life Among: The Scorpions: Memoirs of a woman in Indian Politics”. In another session Publisher Chiki Sarkar will talk about her initiative, “Getting Published,” and novelist Parismita Singh will talk about her book “Peace Has Come on” on the second day of the festival.

Started in 2013, the Delhi Literary Festival was conceptualised as a literary event where writers engage in a free flow of ideas on important issues and participate in panel discussions, book readings, book launches, workshops and poetry sessions.

DLF 2018 Program

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Opening Day One: Friday, 23rd February

 02:00 pm – Registration Opens

03:00 – 04:00 pm @ 
Opening Session & Cultural Music
Minu Bakshi & her Troupe presented by Rama Pandey, a well-known author,
cultural persona & Advisor, Delhi Literature Festival

04:00 pm – 04:45 pm @ 
Sanil Sachar Motivational Speaker on his third book “Rebound” (Rupa Publications) in
conversation with Saket Suman, Principal Correspondent IANS

05:00 pm – 05:45 pm @
“Growth of Crowd Sourced Writing in New Age Writing” Panel Discussion
Swati Daftuer – Commissioning Editor Harper Collins,
Milee Ashwarya Editor-in-Chief Penguin Random House & Simran Khara, CEO Juggernaut
Moderator : JaiRaj Singh, India Today Group

06:00 pm – 07:00 pm @ INAUGURAL SESSION

“Sahitya aur Samaj”
Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Minister of State
Health & Family Welfare, Government of India
“On Interactive Government”
Meenakshi Lekhi, MP
“Social Re-engineering: Changing Landscape”
Dr. Udit Raj, MP
“Spiritualisation of Politics”
Somnath Bharti, MLA

07:15 pm – 08:00 pm @
Keepers of Kalachakra by Ashwin Sanghi (Westland) in
Conversation with Manjula Narayan, HT Books Editor

————————————————— 23rd, 24th, & 25th February, 2018 —————————————————

Day Two: Saturday, 24th February

02:00 pm – 03:00 pm @
Panel Discussion on Nai Wali Hindi
Nilotpal Mrinal, Divya Prakash Dubey, Praveen Kumar, Ashish Chaudhary (Westland) &
Dilip Kumar Pandey Member (Hindi) Sahitya Kala Parishad &
Chanchal Sharma Moderator: Vineet Kumar

03:10pm – 04:00 pm @ Session on
Life Among The Scorpions: Memoirs of a Woman in Indian Politics
(Rupa Publications) by Jaya Jaitly
Moderator : Marya Shakil Khan – Political Editor, CNN IBN

04:10 pm – 05:00 pm @ Session on
“Peace has Come” (Westland) by Parismita Singh in
conversation with Rahul Bhattacharya, Author

05:10 pm – 06:00 pm @ pm
Musical Performance “Darmiyaan” by Renu Hussain
Musical Performance by Suman Devgan, Sarangi Kamal Ahemad,
Tabla GG Bharti, Moderator: Vimmi Karan Sood

   06:15 pm – 07:00 pm @
Panel Discussion on Dilli: Ganga-Jamuni Tehzeeb
R.V.Smith, Rakhshanda Jalil Moderator: Rama Pandey

07: 10 pm – 8:00 pm @ Session with
Sheila Dikshit, Fmr. Delhi Chief Minister 
on “Citizen Delhi: My Times, My Life” an Autobiography (Bloomsbury) in
conversation with Dr. Amna Mirza, Asst. Professor, Columnist & Social Activist

————————————————— 23rd, 24th, & 25th February, 2018 —————————————————

 Concluding Day Three: Sunday, 25th February

02:00 pm – 03:00 pm @ Musical Performance

 03:10 pm – 04:00 pm @ Session on
Trials of Truth (Penguin Randomhouse) Pinky Anand & Gauri Goburdhun
in conversation with Sudhanshu Ranjan, Senior Journalist & Author

04:10 pm – 05:00 pm @
Panel Discussion on “Social Media’s Role in Democracy”
Ashutosh (Harper Collins) Prashant Jha (Juggernaut), Ankit Lal (Hachette), 
Rajat Sethi (Penguin Random House) Moderator: Nikhil Pahwa Medianama

05:10 pm – 06:00 pm @ Session on
Raj Kapoor, The One and Only Showman (HarperCollins)
A unique experiment – an autobiography and a biography presented by
his daughter Ritu Nanda in conversation with Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri 
Executive Editor (Harper Collins)

06:10 pm – 07:00 pm @ Session with
Siddharth Tripathi new book Blowfish
(Bloomsbury) in conversation with Stutee Ghosh, The Quint & Popular RJ

07:10 pm – 08:00 pm @
Concluding Session on “Ek Unchi Udaan” (Rajpal Publishing)
by Binod Chaudhary (MP, Nepal), The inspiring success story of one of Asia’s
biggest businessmen in conversation with Sudhir Chaudhary, Editor in Chief Zee News with
Anurag Batra Chairman & Editor in Chief BW Businessworld