Mangaluru to host lit festival on "Idea of Bharat" from Nov 3

A literary festival on the'Idea of Bharat, christened 'Mangaluru Lit Fest 2018', will be organised in the city from November 3 to 6.

The festival is an attempt to showcase the ancient Indian wisdom of peace, brotherhood and universal well-being through intellectual discourse by the finest literary minds from across the country, the convenor of the event Sriraj Gudi told reporters here Tuesday.

The festival intends to provide a platform for intellectual deliberations for monologues, panel discussions, conversations, book reviews, symposiums and book exhibition on'The Idea of Bharat,' Gudi said.

Saraswati Samman awardee Padmasree S L Byrappa willbe felicitated with the lifetime achievement award during the festival for his immense contribution towards literature, he said.

The patrons of the festival are Nitte Education Trust chairman N Vinaya Hegde, Taranga weekly executive editor Sandhya Pai and Rajeev Chandrashekhar, MP.

The Lit Fest aims to highlight the literary andcultural diversity of Mangaluru, which is blessed with vibrant multi-cultural ethos with very colourful annual festivities including Kambala, Kola and Yakshagana, Gudi said.