Cultural performance in the previous edition of the coalition literary festival. Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
“This festival is essentially a celebration of thoughts and culture, and is themed in the Asian century. We have the first three versions of the festival, “Anirudh Sridhar, Thought Leadership, Language and Literature Department, Alliance University, Dean of Bangalore.
Alliance University Festival of Literature, Culture and Interactive Dialogue-Eliance Literary Festival (ALF) -13 to 15 February will take place in its central campus at Chikkahadez Cross on Chitpura-Anakal Main Road. The three -day festival will see the participation of more than 120 speakers from 25 countries.
“Our first edition was on the brave new world which was only emerging after the epidemic and all kinds of things were happening on the global scenario. Within Asia, geopolitics had clarified itself in the last few years, “Anirudh says, connecting the continentIncreasing ability to influence the functions of the rest of the world.
Tolo Tsamaz, author of Motwana | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
“However, since it is a literary festival, it was not about geopolitics, but culture, sports, films and of course, novelists. We wanted to see around the world where Asia’s cultural influence was the strongest. ,
Anirudh admitted that since it was “a highly leveled and debate question,” the organizers decided on a strong contingent of Japanese speakers.
“Till this end, we have brought the author of Japanese novelists Asaco Yuzuki, butterAnd why Kyok Nakajima, as well as Erica Kobayashi, a popular manga artist. We have the author of Ukraine’s most famous novelist Andre Kurkov ( Death and penguin), Is coming in. We wanted the voice from the West to talk about Asia and Dutch Historians Herrald Van Der Linde, the author Jakarta: History of a misunderstanding city,
Anirudh says that the team wanted to diversify the types of people who usually showed festivals, “and so they added not only a rich dimension of novels from other countries, but also separately in all areas of life People too. “For example, we have a director in Sanjay Patel, an Indian-American animator and Pixer, who are also named Oscar from the United States, composer from Japan Javed Akhtar and Hana Inu, Sportsperson Anil Kumble and sports lawyer Nandan Kamath of others Are beach. “
Japanese writer Kanco Nishi | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Anirudh says, “Talking about the audience,” can be from anywhere, “students are our main demographic. We can be the first university in India to have a literature ceremony on this scale, because we Believe that this place should be a center of art, creativity and ideas, not only a factory to brainstorm.
He says that his outreach has been “as more than 600 schools and universities in Bengaluru” and has lived in nearby cities in Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and South India.
Interactive sessions, Q&A discussion, meet-the-writer events, music performance, film screening and exhibitions will be a part of Alliance Littlery Festival 4.0, live-streamed sessions for online audiences and curate digital highlights.
For the entire schedule of Alliance Literary Festival 4.0, log on to AllianCelitararyfestative.com. Tickets available on bookmyshow,
Published – 13 February, 2025 11:56 AM IST
