AMU Literary Festival

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AMU Literary Festival
Logo of the AMU Literary Festival
Genre Literary festival
Frequency Annually, Feb-March
Institute Aligarh Muslim University
Organised By University Debating and
Literary Club
Dates for 2017 3–5 March
Venue Kennedy House Complex
Location Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
Country India
Patron Prof. Tariq Mansoor
Years Active 2015–present
Activities Workshops, Lectures,
Interaction sessions, Discussions
Participants Open for all

AMU Literary Festival is an annual literary festival organised by Aligarh Muslim University. University Debating and Literary Club (UDLC) formerly University Literary Club of the university organises the festival. Some of the previous invitees include news anchor and author Rajdeep Sardesai, poet Keki N. Daruwalla, politician Mani Shankar Aiyar and independent journalist Rana Ayyub.

Organisation[]

The festival is organized under the auspices of the University Literary and Debating Club of the Aligarh Muslim University. The club consists of students as its members. The festival is the University Debating and Literary Club's flagship event.

Journalists like Rajdeep Sardesai talking about media, activists such as Paranjoy Guha Thakurta talking about crony capitalism and novelists like Chandrahas Choudhury having panel discussions about the Indian novel; the festival is a diverse celebration of literature and mass communication, in all its forms.

The festival attracts audience from all across the city, transcending the boundary of the university. Previous invitees include the poet Keki N. Daruwalla, politician Mani Shankar Aiyar and independent journalist Rana Ayyub. With people from diverse areas coming together and talking about the issues of the day and age, the festival is truly a melting pot of culture. Workshops to teach students about the ins and outs of various forms of writing and public speaking are also conducted as a part of the festival, which rounds out the educational experience.

The University Literary Club was established in 1973. The club is the extension of the oldest literary Society of AMU, the "Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College Literary Society" founded by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan himself. The University Literary Club was rechristened as University Debating Literary Club in 2015.

Past festivals[]

Lit Fest 2017[]

The festival was organised from 3-5 March, 2017.

  • List of Guests in 2017
Name Field
Swara Bhaskar Actress
Ashok Vajpeyi Poet in Hindi, essayist, literary-cultural critic and a former civil servant
Prof. Manoj K Jha Professor of Social Work
Aditi Rao Poet, activist and essayist.
Zafar Anjum Author and journalist
Tushar Gandhi Journalist
Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar Medical officer and activist
Omair Ahmad Writer
Hilal Ahmed[1] Editor, writer, teacher and producer
de:Chandrahas Choudhury Literary critic and novelist

Literary Festival (2016)[]

  • List of Guests
Name Field Video link
Rajdeep Sardesai News anchor and author Watch video - 1, 2, 3
Paranjoy Guha Thakurta Journalist and political commentator Watch video - 1, 2
Keki N. Daruwalla Poet and writer Watch video - 1, 2, 3, 4
Mani Shankar Aiyar Diplomat and politician Watch video - 1, 2
de:Chandrahas Choudhury Literary critic and novelist
Mariam Karim Ahlawat Teacher, freelance editor and a writer
Satyarth Nayak Author, script-writer & journalist
Nivedita Menon Feminist writer and professor Watch video - 1, 2, 3, 4
Rana Safavi[2] Author and historian
Sarwat Khan Contemporary Urdu writer

Literary Festival 2015[]

  • List of guests
Name Field Video link
Jerry Pinto Writer and journalist Watch video - 1, 2, 3, 4
Sudeep Sen Poet and editor
Syed Asghar Wajahat Scholar, novelist, independent documentary
filmmaker and television scriptwriter
Rakhshanda Jalil Writer, critic and literary historian
Radha Chakravarty[3] Writer, critic and translator
Prof. Purushottam Agrawal Academician, novelist, literary critique,
theologian, secularist, columnist and broadcaster
Aseem Ahmed Abbasee Lyricst poet and creative writer
Yaseen Anwer[4] Multilingual poet
Kausar Munir Lyricist and screenwriter
Rana Ayyub Journalist and independent columnist Watch video - 1, 2
Sami Ahmad Khan Author
Manisha Sethi Teacher and author
Hilal Ahmed[1] Editor, writer, teacher and producer
Dr. Saamdu Chettri[5] Head of first Gross National Happiness Centre[6]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "About Hilal Ahmed".
  2. ^ "Rana Safavi at AMU Lit Fest 2.0".
  3. ^ "Radha Chakravarty".
  4. ^ "About Yaseen Anwer".
  5. ^ "Dr. Saamdu Chettri, Executive Director, GNH Centre Bhutan, was invited to Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) as the Valedictory Guest for their first ever literary festival". www.gnhcentrebhutan.org/. Gross National Happiness Centre Bhutan. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  6. ^ Dr. Saamdu Chettri (25 July 2015). "The turbulent life story of Bhutan's happiness guru". BBC. Candida Beveridge BBC World Service, Bhutan. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
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