Ahmedabad International Literature Festival will be held on 24th, 25th and 26th November 2023
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], November 23: Three days of the 8th edition of Ahmedabad International Literature Festival with the theme‘Literature and Human Development’ will be inaugurated by Dr. Justice K.J. Thaker,Hon. Chairperson of Gujarat State Human Rights Commission withDr. SK Nanda, IAS (Retd.)andnotedactor and poet Shri Akhilendra Mishra along with the founder of the festival, Umashanker Yadav on [...]
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], November 23: Three days of the 8th edition of Ahmedabad International Literature Festival with the theme‘Literature and Human Development’ will be inaugurated by Dr. Justice K.J. Thaker,Hon. Chairperson of Gujarat State Human Rights Commission withDr. SK Nanda, IAS (Retd.)andnotedactor and poet Shri Akhilendra Mishra along with the founder of the festival, Umashanker Yadav on 24th November 2023 at CEE Ahmedabad.
Mentor of the festival, Dr. SK Nanda, IAS (Retd.) during pre-event press meet said that looking at the degrading human values across the globe, we decided to explore the role of literature in the human development through this edition. Different topics like the role of creative industries and schools, mental health, feminist writings, partition literature, North East literature, world literature, Children’s literature, social projects and poetry sessions have been designed to understand and discuss the role of literature and the necessity of developing the humans into bigger human beings with wider perspectives, inclusivity, compassion and the sense of belongingness among the human race.