Literary festival at World Book Fair

Best-selling authors and Bollywood stars will come together at a literature festival to be held this weekend at the ongoing World Book Fair here.
The inaugural edition of Lit Hive 2014, an initiative of Lit India Movement and supported by National Book Trust(NBT), will see visitors at the fair getting a chance to meet and listen to some of the well-known names from the literary world like Devdutt Pattanaik, Rashmi Bansal, Advaita Kala, Hussain Zaidi, Madhuri Banerjee, Ravinder Singh, Anna Vetticad and Christopher Doyle.
"The city needs a platform where readers and authors can come together. Lit Hive (India Lit Fest) will bridge that gap. The first edition of the literary festival will see many celebrated authors and renowned Bollywood celebrities interacting with the audience during the two-day festival at the World Book Fair," says Sachin Garg, author and organiser of LitHive.

Bollywood fans can look forward to multiple panel discussions with actors Karisma Kapoor, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Tisca Chopra.
While Karisma will be discussing her journey in a session 'Yummy Mummy Guide', Tisca will participate in a session 'Acting Smart'. TV anchor and host of the reality show MTV Roadies Raghu Ram will share his thoughts on 'Looking into the Rearview'.
Writers Bansal, Apurva Purohit and Shweta Handa Gupta will be conversing on why Delhi is considered to be the heart of India in the session 'Capturing Delhi'. Zaidi will discuss about his book "Byculla to Bangkok" with ex-police commissioner of Delhi Neeraj Kumar.

Mythology lovers can look forward to an exciting panel discussion 'Mythopoeia in the 21st century', where authors Doyle, Anand Neelkantan and columnist Col. Kapoor will talk about mixing mythology, storytelling and fantasy with editor of Om Books International Dipa Chaudhuri.
On Sunday, there will be a session 'Bubble-gum Feminism - Fad or Reality' with yoga teacher-author Ira Trivedi, Banerjee, best-selling teenage author Nikita Singh and Rohit Gore.