‘Stories, poetry and performances’ to come alive at Shillong Literary Festival

Explaining the unsocial prime of venue, Director of Tourism Cyril Diengdoh told the publication, “Ward’s Lake provides a unsocial mounting with it’s cherry blossoms, adding an authentic Shillong touch”. According to him, the water volition connection a tranquil ambiance wherever stories, poesy and performances tin travel live against the backdrop of pinkish shamiyanas and blooming cherry blossom trees.

“The Shillong Literary Festival has grown successful spot twelvemonth by year, making a sanction for itself arsenic a salient literate event,” Diengdoh added, revealing that the festival’s halfway ngo is to nurture a literate culture successful Megahlaya and supply a level for section voices. “Beyond branding Shillong, the festival intends to connection a abstraction for section authors, budding authors and students to link with renowned authors,” helium said.

Popular for his works similar A Suitable Boy and The Golden Gate, Vikram Seth’s summation to the sheet adds important prestige. “He was a hard catch, but we managed it. Vikram Seth is the large ticket,” Diengdoh said. Besides Seth, the Turkish ambassador to India, Firat Sunel is besides a impermanent of honor, acceptable to present the closing keynote address. Notable instrumentalist Usha Uthup volition besides instrumentality the signifier connected November 19th arsenic a portion of the ‘Lakeside Melody’ concert.

According to their authoritative website, the Shillong Literary Festival this twelvemonth aims to throw airy upon determination literature, particularly Khasi and Garo languages that person been vying for designation and inclusion successful the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India. Underscoring the agelong word imaginativeness of the Festival, Diengdoh shared that they are aiming astatine gathering a web of curators and readying much events specified arsenic holding smaller publication readings, launches and literate events passim the town.