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Bengaluru city’s celebration of reading and writing. 📚 14-15 December 2024 at Hotel LaLit Ashok
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"My feeling is that Hindu temples and festivals need to be regarded as world heritage", says
@davidfrawleyved
in his talk about 'How I Became a Hindu: My Discovery of Vedic Dharma'.
#blrlitfest
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Who says Bangalore doesn’t rise early! Here’s the eager audience for
@ShashiTharoor
, who is....wait for it...stuck in the famous Bangalore traffic!
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We had over 20,000 people at this year's Bangalore Literature Festival. Houseful sessions and crowded pathways were a common sight this weekend. Captivating conversations and incredible memories made all the effort worth it. Thank you for giving life to this year's festival.
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Statement released to the media by one of the Festival's founder Directors- Vikram Sampath.
Over the past few...
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@ShashiTharoor
reads a few pages from this new book, The Paradoxical Prime Minister at the
#blrlitfest
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For all the troll lovers and haters out there,a super session awaits with
@Nidhi
:'Silence-The Trolls are in Session'.
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The largest gathering of authors in the city is returning! Join us for a celebration of literature and stories at The LaLit Ashok, Bangalore on the 3rd and 4th of December, 2022.
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Who's been waiting!
Announcing this year's
#blrlitfest
! It's on the 9th and 10th of November. Same place as last time—LaLit Ashok. The team's hard at work planning the sessions and inviting speakers. We'll keep you posted!
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“We seem to have a regime that wants to remove items off the Indian thali and make it into a bland uniform Hindutva khichdi”
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Catch Dr. Kafeel Khan live at the 11th BLF on the 3rd and 4th of December, 2022 at The LaLit Ashok, Bangalore!
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@prithinarayanan
us literature festival folks aren't very quick on the ball. Here's the first of the lit fest speaker invites you've been waiting for. Just let us know if you are ok being in convo with
@ashwinravi99
at
#blrlitfest
later this year or should we ask someone else? :)
The kutty story finale is here and
@prithinarayanan
was gracious enough to be my story partner this time!! Please go check it out! ⬇️
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Catch
@TVMohandasPai
and
@RajivMessage
share their views on history at
#blrlitfest
on 18th Dec, 4:30 pm.
#bangalore
#dontmiss
#festival
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“Sentimental exchange of shawls followed by artillery exchanges across the border”, quips Tharoor about PM Modi’s foreign policy.
#blrlitfest
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For a decade, Carl Malamud has been working with colleagues to build the Public Library of India. His team in Bangalore digitizes 14 lakh pages every month.
Catch him live at the 12th edition of the Bangalore Literature Festival, happening at The LaLit Ashok in Bangalore.
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Sharda Ugra and
@nandankamath
launching the book "Go! India's Sporting Transformation" here at the
#blrlitfest
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Meet one of the leading luminaries of the Kannada film industry at the Bangalore Literature Festival. Ramesh Aravind is gracing this year's festival at The LaLit Ashok, Bangalore.
@Ramesh_aravind
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“He is from the Hindutva movement but he’s not imprisoned by it. Moditva, rather than Hindutva is what I analyse in the book”.
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The Bangalore Literature Festival is fast approaching. Register today and be part of one of the most special gatherings of the year! Illuminating conversations and exciting activities await you on the 3rd and 4th of December, 2022.
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Announcing the 6th
#blrlitfest
! Book the 28th and 29th of October for another exciting edition to meet and hear a great lineup of speakers.
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The brilliant mind behind The Ivory Throne, Rebel Sultans, The Courtesan, the Mahatma & the Italian Brahmin will be at the Bangalore Literature Festival on the 3rd and 4th of December. Register today to catch Manu S Pillai live!
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Your favourite Lit Fest is back! Dec 2-3 at The Lalit Ashok, Bengaluru. Don't forget to register on our website. Speaker names will be out soon.
#BlrLitFest
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Yes! This year's Booker Prize winner is going to be at the Bangalore Literature Festival. Get a chance to listen to Shehan Karunatilaka at the Bangalore Literature Festival between the 3rd and 4th of December 2022.
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Catch the eminent historian, William Dalrymple at the Bangalore Literature Festival this year!
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We're off and running with this year's Bangalore Literature Festival with the legendary
@PicoIyer
! Are you here at The LaLit Ashok, Bangalore yet?
#blrlitfest
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Good morning!
Draped, taped and mics all checked. Now we're just waiting to greet you lovely folks at
#BlrLitFest
. See you in a bit :)
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Who says BLF is not for painters, photographers, designers and curators. Here are the visual artists who will be at BLF this year!
@WorldOfHalahala
,
@ROUBLENAGI
,
@satishacharya
,
@PonnappaCartoon
, and
#NathanielGaskell
.
RSVP for the
#blrlitfest
2018:
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It is finally here!
#blrlitfest
weekend. We open at 10am on both days. Please come by and say hello. This 8th Edition promises to be a ton of fun.
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Udayan Mitra accepting the AG-BLF award for fiction on behalf of V. K. Shukla,
@tjoseph0010
for non-fiction, Dr. H. S. Venkateshamurthy for literary achievement in Kannada
#blrlitfest
@AttaGalatta
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@WorldOfHalahala
talks about public art breaking the chaos in Indian landscapes, in conversation with
@ROUBLENAGI
, Giulia Ambrogi and Kamya Ramachandran.
#blrlitfest
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We're getting ready to bring to you the 7th Edition of
#blrlitfest
! Save the date: OCTOBER 27/28 on the lawns of Hotel LaLit Ashok, Bengaluru. As always, Entry Free. Register at See you there!
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A lot of people ask us what is different about
#blrlitfest
?
Many things, but the one that we like to call out is the fact that we're entirely citizen-funded. A big thank you to some of the Friends of BLF:
@nandankamath
@ANarayanan24
@ravichandar
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Conversations about contrarian views at the
#blrlitfest
with an amazing multidisciplinary panel
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Upcoming session with
@ayushmannk
&
@tahira_k
on Cracking the Bollywood Code.
Don't miss it!
#BlrLitFest
#ExperienceLiterature
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Five minutes to go for the
#blrlitfest
2018 to begin! 150+ speakers! 70+ sessions!
Are you coming?
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Your favourite lit fest is back!
18-19 Dec 2021 | Bangalore International Centre, Domlur
Register at
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Ranjit Hoskote, an artistic visionary in Bombay, channels the city's creative energy into his compelling works of art and poetry. He'll be speaking at the Bangalore Lit Fest on 2-3 December at The Lalit Ashok.
@ranjithoskote
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Watch the epic session on India’s Democracy XI - Rahul Dravid,
@sardesairajdeep
with
@prempanicker
.
#blrlitfest
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#Bangalore
launch of Josy Joseph's 'A Feast of Vultures'- a
#BlrLitFest
pre-event. The senior journalist engaged audience w/ deep insights.
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Every year, Bangaloreans across the globe send us sad messages about not being able to be at our venue. This year, you don't need to be. Join us in person at the BIC or on Zoom! 🙂
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Such a fantastic panel, keeping the audience rapt. 'Nationalism, Populism and the Threat to the Global Liberal Order'
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#Bangalore
, time to mark your calendars!
#blrlitfest
2016 | 17&18 Dec | Hotel Royal Orchid, HAL airport road
Free & open to all; pls RT
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What's your fave spot in Bangalore to grab a cuppa and hole up with a book? We've compiled a list! If you haven't made your weekend plans, you know where to go!
Are your spots here? Comment below!
#blrlitfest
#readingnooks
#bangalorereads
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Browse through the entire list of authors gracing the Bangalore Literature Festival! The festival will be held on the 3rd and 4th of December, 2022 at The LaLit Ashok, Bangalore.
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The Bangalore Literature Festival 2020 is happening this weekend — 12 and 13 December. This time we're going partly online so you can tune in from home!
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Non-fiction short is here too: From the 120+ stellar nominations we received. If this isn’t a good mix, don’t know what is!
@juggernautbooks
@Ram_Guha
@PenguinIndia
@HarperCollinsIN
@WestlandBooks
@vikramsampath
@PanMacIndia
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@swapan55
Trolls are literate people who suffer from a lamentable lack of vocabulary & feel that their voice has been supressed.
#BlrLitFest
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With her intellectual rigor, Sagarika Ghose has been a leading voice in the world of journalism for over two decades. She is also the author of several books, including 'Why I Am a Liberal' and 'Indira: India’s Most Powerful Prime Minister'. Join her on December 2–3 at BLF.
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And to answer all your questions and guesses on our speakers and itinerary, here's a feeler.
Full details here /
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Sports writer Sharda Ugra, cricketer
@mayankcricket
, retired cricket umpire and author
@simontaufel69
in conversation with
@nandankamath
on "Writing Sports"
#blrlitfest
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Ornit Shani wins the Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize 2019!
Here's Ornit with the members of the jury
@Ram_Guha
,
@srinathraghava3
,
@NandanNilekani
and Prof. Niraja Gopal Jayal at the
#blrlitfest
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Aditi Mathur Kumar is a best-selling author, an Army Wife and a TEDx speaker. Her latest book 'Operation Payback' is about a Veer Nari who joins the Army and is a story about heroism. Catch her live at BLF on Dec 2-3 at The LaLit Ashok.
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Author of the wildly popular book Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh, Shrayana Bhattacharya will be gracing the stage at the Bangalore Literature Festival this year. Register today to catch her live at The LaLit Ashok, Bangalore on the 3rd and 4th of December, 2022.
@BShrayana
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Popular choice category shortlist of the
@AttaGalatta
- BLF Prize is here too! Which is your choice?
Click here to vote >>
@Lisaraniray
@HarperCollinsIN
@mkoirala
@PenguinIndia
@gaurgopald
@authoramish
@WestlandBooks
@preetishenoy
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We are super excited to have Dr. Nandita Iyer as one of the authors at this year's BLF! Looking forward to the exciting conversations she'll be part of at the festival!
@saffrontrail
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Abraham Verghese is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and the author of 'The Covenant of Water', the NBCC Award finalist 'My Own Country', the New York Times Notable Book 'The Tennis Partner', and the bestseller 'Cutting for Stone'.
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Yay, the DETAILED SCHEDULE for
#BlrLitFest
(28-29th October 2017) is now out! Check it out, share, and register asap
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What plans for the weekend,
#Bangalore
?
At 10AM tomorrow,
@AatishTaseer
talks to
@UnamPillai
| Benares: Ancient Customs, Contemporary Politics.
For details about this session and a lot more lined up, see here >>
#blrlitfest
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Presenting WorldLit.
Our digital literary platform bringing to you livestream sessions, video interviews and podcasts with leading international and Indian authors.
A
@bic_blr
and
@blrlitfest
partnership.
Starting June 6th.
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Is it not a story if it's not imaginary? At
#blrlitfest
this year, we feature some of the finest writers of non-fiction spanning history, politics, biographies, sociocultural issues, and more.
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"Doing a villian's role is like cleansing and much like laughter therapy," says
@GulshanGroverGG
on getting back to his normal state of mind after doing a film.
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The New Age Romantics: Durjoy Datta, Preeti Shenoy and Ravinder Singh | Nandita Bose (M)
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BLF X Edition: Poetry
Come to BLF X Edition at
@BIC_Blr
this Saturday (18 December) to listen to some poetry in the winter afternoon sun.
Register It's free to attend!
#blrlitfest
#BLFXEdition
#BLFXBIC
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Bangalore Literature Festival has had in-person events for the past eight editions. This year, we're going online too! Tune in or drop by BIC this weekend to be a part of the fun.
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Meet this year's speakers. Details here:
Don't forget to see the Red Couch and C|L|F tabs also on the page!
#blrlitfest
#BLF2019
#BLFSpeakersList
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"The Secret of More" is a poignant exploration of the human condition, set against the backdrop of a rapidly changing India.
Join Tejaswini for an intimate exploration of the book at the Bangalore Literature Festival on December 2–3, 2023, at The LaLit Ashok, Bangalore.
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#SpeakersAtTheBlrLitFest
Mythologist
@devduttmyth
; Sahitya Akademi Award winner Jerry Pinto; ecologist Madhav Gadgil; Author and actress
@Lisaraniray
and more.
Entire speaker list here:
#blrlitfest
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Such beautiful notes to finish off an absolute blast of a weekend:
#blrlitfest
.
@AyaanAliBangash
@AmaanAliBangash
accompanied by Vijay Ghate
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Love them or hate them, the media is influential and here to stay. Meet the journalists and media persons from Indian and abroad who will be at this year's
#blrlitfest
!
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#SpeakersAtTheBlrLitFest
National Award-winning actor Pankaj Kapur; former CEO of McKinsey and co-founder of ISB Rajat Gupta; Historian
@vikramsampath
; Restless Books Prize winner Deepak Unnikrishnan and more.
Entire speaker list here:
#blrlitfest
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Revel in the brilliance of Jeet Thayil at the 11th Bangalore Literature Festival at The LaLit Ashok, Bangalore. Entry to the festival is absolutely free. Register today!
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The winners of the Atta Galatta-Bangalore Literature Festival Book Prize are on stage!
#blrlitfest
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A Tale of Two Spies, Asad Durrani and AS Dulat with Anand Arni — at the Auditorium, begun just now.
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The architect of many of India's victories on the cricket field, VVS Laxman will be at the Bangalore Literature Festival. He will be recounting tales from his career and life as he sheds light on his autobiography 281 and Beyond at The LaLit Ashok, Bangalore.
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Interested in being part of our team this year?
We're looking for volunteers to help with backstage
operations, hospitality support, and other functions.
Apply here:
#BlrLitFest
#LiteratureFestival
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Now available for viewing on the BLF YouTube channel: "400 Days: Sequels and Bestsellers" with
@chetan_bhagat
and
@VaniMahesh1
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Don't miss 'Nationalism, Populism & the Threat to the Global Liberal Order' with
@suketumehta
,
@kanhaiyajnusu
,
@manujosephsan
& others-29 Oct
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Watch
@sanjeevsanyal
, Shiv Viswanathan, Narendar Pani with
@mihirssharma
at
#blrlitfest
as they discuss our
#economy
on 17th Dec, 4:30 pm.
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Blossoms pilgrims, you should see this! A tribute from
#blritfest
to Bangalore's most loved bookstore in collaboration with
@hallidude
who runs Overheard at Blossoms!
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Have your favourites made the cut? The 2018 Longlist of the
@attagalatta
#blrlitfest
Fiction & Non-Fiction Awards! Public voting opens on Sep 15.
@juggernautbooks
@speakingtiger14
@WestlandBooks
@SimonBooks
@HarperCollinsIN
@PenguinIndia
@panmacmillan
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We are ironing out a last few details and will bring you the
#blrlitfest
schedule very, very soon. Thank you for the patience, folks! :)
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Meet .
@authoramish
India’s first literary popstar at the
#blrlitfest
at Hotel Royal Orchid on 18th December 2016 at 10 am.
#Bangalore
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How India’s T20 World Cup Win Changed Indian and World Cricket:
@anilkumble1074
@sardesairajdeep
@gideonhaigh
with Sharda Ugra
#blrlitfest
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🔊 It's out! Check out the speaker list at this year's
#blrlitfest
here and tell us what you think!
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Who's your companion for the Festival? Tag them below.
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With 150+ speakers lined up, this time's
#blrlitfest
is going to be the biggest yet! Here are some first-timers we're excited about bringing...
#speakerlist
#bangalorereaders
#litfest
#literature
#fortheloveofreading
#readers
#agathachristie
#poirot
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