Pilgrim’s Progress

If the International Pushkar Fair,with all its colour and romance,is an event you have bookmarked for this month,there’s more exciting news for the bookworm in you. The fair,which traditionally is witness to a large,international,hippie audience,will get just that extra bit of class and zing with a one-day Pushkar Literature Fest added to it. Conceived by Siyahi,a literary consultancy based in Jaipur,the day will have several authors and interesting sessions discussing and debating over subjects such as the Mahabharata ,cinema,screenplays,folk legends and poetry. “Rajasthan has lately emerged as a new hub for literary festivals and we wanted to attract more people to Pushkar during the fair by giving them another reason to know our culture through literature,” says Mita Kapur,CEO,Siyahi. The day will start with “Parikrama — Travel in Pushkar and Rajasthan”,a discussion led by Aman Nath,co-chairperson,Neemrana Hotels. In the midst of Namita Gokhale’s “Questions from the Mahabharata” and Tarun Tejpal’s take on the “Politics of Reportage and Fiction”. Anuvab Pal (above),screenplay writer of indie-hits The Loins of Punjab and The President is Coming .

Pushkar Literature Festival will be held on October 31 Contact: http://www.rtdc.in