Bangalore Literature Festival at BIC this weekend
The Hindu
Fest will not be live-streamed but people can catch sessions on YouTube after they are uploaded
The city is set to host the Bangalore Literature Festival (BLF), which celebrates its landmark tenth edition this year. BLF will be held this weekend at the Bangalore International Centre, with a limited seating capacity like last year on account of COVID-19. ‘Multilingualism and endangered languages’ is a dominating theme of the festival.
“The BIC venue can accommodate upto 400 persons. We will allow entry to people on a first come first served basis. Those who are unable to enter the venue can catch the events on YouTube when the videos of all the sessions will be uploaded. The festival will not be live-streamed this year,” said V. Ravichandar, one of the organisers of BLF. At any given point four parallel sessions will be held at the venue. “Nearly 75% of the authors will be present at the venue, while the rest will join online live,” he added.
The highlight of this year’s festival will be a series of panel discussions around the theme, ‘The Many Language Worlds of Karnataka’. It includes writers and those fluent in languages such as Tulu, Konkani, Kodava, Koraga, Dakhani Urdu, Byari, Navyati, Kundapra Kannada, Halakki Kannada, Sanketi and Havyaka There are sessions on architecture of Kodagu and Tulunadu as well.
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