Mysuru Literature Festival inaugurated
The Hindu
The 8th Mysuru Literature Festival explores the diverse interpretations of books based on individual life experiences.
The 8th edition of the two-day Mysuru Literature Festival began here on Saturday with actor-director Ramesh Aravind underlining how ideas in books tend to be interpreted differently based on individual’s life experience.
The Mysuru Literature Festival is being organised by the Mysuru Literary Forum Charitable Trust and Mysuru Book Club-2015, at Hotel Southern Star.
Speaking during the inauguration of the event Mr. Ramesh, as he is popularly called, explained how books connect the writer with the reader and how this engagement through books was a joy to cherish.
Every sentence in a book is pregnant with ideas and meaning as imagined by the author but the beauty of a book is that in the hands of the reader, it assumes different meanings and ideas depending on their personal life experiences which varies from individual to individual, said Mr. Ramesh.
He also cited a few examples as to how books inspired him with ideas to project different scenes in movies including the violent ones and added that his own speeches tend to be based on ideas derived from books. A book of value is a joy for ever and provides new meaning and ideas with each reading of the same book, Mr. Ramesh added.
Pramoda Devi Wadiyar of the erstwhile royal family of Mysuru, said that such festivals provide a platform for people to exchange ideas and help connect people to form a community of readers and writers.
According to Shubha Sanjay Urs, chairperson of the Trust and director of the festival, scores of authors from across India are part of the event and there are interesting panel discussions on a slew of subjects spread over two days.