The Opening Session this
year was with Swapna Liddle on
her book Chandni Chowk :The Mughal City of Old Delhi and the Festival was
Inaugurated by the Chief Guest Babul Supriyo, Hon’ble Minister for Heavy Industries and Public
Enterprises, Govt. of India and popular Singer.
DLF 2017 saw presence of best selling authors,
economists and poets including Avijit
Ghosh Author Up Campus Down Campus, Ashok Vajpeyi Sahitya
Akademi Awardee, popular young Authors Ira Trivedi
Author Love: Marriage and Sexuality in the 21st Century, The Great
Indian Love story, Ravinder Singh Author I Too Had a
Love Story, Can Love
Happen Twice?, Dr.
Ashok Chakradhar on humour and poetry.
Dr.
Vinay Bharat Ram Author Evolution of Economic Ideas Smith to Sen and Beyond, Noted Economist Dr. Surjit S Bhalla, Anurag Batra Chairman & Editor in Chief - BW Businessworld, Arun Kumar Author Understanding the Black
Economy and Black Money in India,
T K Arun, Editor Opinion, The Economic Times participated
in a Panel discussion on Demonetization:
Intent, Implementation and Impact.,
Dr.
Blossom Kochhar Author, Aroma Therapy a Way of Life, Debashis Chatterjee Author
Invinsible Arjuna, William Dalrymple
Author Kohinoor and Tarek Fatah on Rise of Nationalism a Global Phenomenon, amongst
others.
The Delhi Literature Festival had it’s share of art and music in
the form of Dastangoi, The Art of Urdu Storytelling
performed by Ankit Chadha. The word Dastangoi refers to the art of storytelling, it is a compound of two
Persian words Dastan and goi which means to tell a Dastan.
Swachh Bharat’s tieup with the
Amar Chitra Katha for comic books, for popularising and creating more awareness
amongst the younger children was promoted at this year’s Festival.
The 5th Delhi
Literature Festival for the first time offered the “Festival Edition Merchandise” created by the Books etc. The Festival Edition
Merchandise included Mugs, Coasters, Tray, Table Lamps, Wall Clock, Tote
Bags, Cushion Covers and Notebooks.
Oxford Bookstore, was the “Official
Bookstore Partner” like last year and saw some brisk sale of the popular novels
by Authors present at the Festival.
This
year’s Festival was Co-organised by the Indian
Public Library Movement and supported by the Department of Art, Culture & Languages, Government of NCT of Delhi
and (Swachh Bharat) Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India.
The other Sponsors and Partners for
the Festival included CG Corp Global,
PP School, Vodafone, Ola, Safexpress, Junction the new venture by Umang Tewari was the Official Host, Cha Bar, Bisleri, Graphisads & TDI as
Outdoor Partners.
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| Dynamic Duo Ratan Kaul & Parull Mahajan |
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