Haryana Vidhan Sabha Speaker to inaugurate Literati tomorrow

Shri Gian Chand Gupta, Speaker of Haryana Vidhan Sabha, shall inaugurate the 10th edition of Literati, the Chandigarh Literary  Festival, tomorrow at the Indradhanush Auditorium, Panchkula with Hasya Kavi Sammelan informed festival director and chairperson of Chandigarh Literary Society, Dr Sumita Misra, IAS.

The kavi sammelan is being held with the support of Haryana Sahitya Akademi, and the Department of Cultural Affairs, Haryana.

Dr Misra informed that the famous poet Surender Sharma, along with other five renowned poets known for their humour, wit, and satire would be participating, including Shambhu Shikhar, Dr. Sita Sagar, Anil Agravanshi, Chirag Jain and Ved Parkash Ved.

The programme shall begin at 6pm and entry is free  

Later, for 17-18 December, Literati 2020, shall be held at the Sukhna Lake Club, she informed.

Chandigarh LitFest Literati21 Schedule for 12th December

 Sunday . 12 December 2021
UT Guest House, Sector 6, Chandigarh

10:30am   
The Battle of Longewala: Remembering our Heroes
Gurjot Kaler and Hardeep Chandpuri in conversation with Col D S Cheema

11:15am             
The Poetic Rendezvous

Prof Archana R. Singh, Jupinderjit Singh & Lily Swarn
in conversation with Nisha Luthra

12:00pm            
Keynote Address:
Divya Dutta in conversation with RJ Mehak

12:45pm            
Soldier 2.0: Planning Ahead
Col Sunil Prem in conversation with Col Avinash Sharma

2:00pm              
Rama’s Footsteps: A Journey of (His)Story
Neelesh Kulkarni in conversation with Niharika Bhuwania

2:40pm              
Pehchaan Punjab Di: Sur, Saaz te Sangeet
Dolly Guleria and Sunaini Guleria Sharma in conversation with Ninder Ghugianvi

 

Sunday . 12 December 2021 . Digital

5:30pm              
Hinged: Finding a Balance within
Vandana Kohli in conversation with Swati Bhardoria

6:10pm              
Of Murders and Mushairas
Raza Mir in conversation with Manraj Grewal

6:50pm              
Devika Rani: The Enigma Decoded
Kishwar Desai in conversation with Dr Sumita Misra

7:30pm              
Sultan: The Legend of Hyder Ali
Shubendra in conversation with Niharika Bhuwania

8:10pm              
The Next Everest: Challenges, Uncertanity and Resilience
Jim Davidson in conversation with Anshuman Arora 

What the Chandigarh Litfest has in store for you today?

 

 

Literati2021

Programme Schedule

Saturday 11 December 2021 . Digital

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5pm      Bon Appetit: Intermeshing of Culture and Cuisine
              Esther David in conversation with Lily Swarn

 

5:30pm Civil Service or Disservice? The Road Ahead
              Anil Swarup and Deepak Gupta in conversation with Vipin Pubby

 

6:15pm The Stranger in the Mirror
              Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra in conversation with Vivek Atray

 

7:00pm Uprooted: The Aftermatch of Punjab’s Partition
              Anirudh Kala and Manreet Sodhi Someshwar in conversation with Jupinderjit Singh

 

7:45pm Hillariously Yours: The Recipe for a Delightful Read

              Parinda Joshi in conversation with RJ Mehak

Literati21 opens today with digital sessions

Sunday sessions will be at the UT Guest House

The first day of Literati21 shall be a mix of bureaucracy to Bollywood, cuisines to humour to pathos of partition, with its online sessions which can be accessed on Chandigarh Literary Society’s social media handles on Facebook and YouTube @clschandigarh.

 

Lots of books have been published in the aftermath of pandemic and have given the authors time to look into diverse aspects of life and share with the avid readers, said CLS Chairperson Dr Sumita Misra.

 

The Sahitya Aademic Award winner for English Literature and her novels extensively feature Jewish life, culture and cuisine in India, Esther David’s latest book, “Bene Appetit: Cuisine of Indian Jews” shall be focus of the discussion with equally prolific writer Lily Swarn.

 

Two brilliant bureaucrats who have received accolades for their remarkable contribution to the policymaking process, and are authors of some of the best-seller non-fiction, Anil Swarup and Deepak Gupta shall be exchanging notes with former Resident Editor of Indian Express Vipin Pubby.

 

Thanks to Publishers for Supporting Literati21

Chandigarh Literary Society is indebted to the Publisher Partners who have come forward to support Literati2021. 

Our special thanks to all the publishers, Harper Collins, Rupa Publications, AlephPan, Macmilan, Penguin and Westland, for enriching Literati deliberations by bringing in their authors. 

It is the 9th Edition of Literati.  This time it is a hybrid event, partly in virtual format, and partly in the UT Guest House, Sector 6, Chandigarh, which is very near to our favourite literary haunt, the Sukhna Lake. 

Though many would miss the fun and frolic around the lake in the backdrop of the Shivalik hill range, some of the authors and book lovers can still take a walk on the sunny (hopefully) Sunday, on 12th December, when we meet at the UT Guest House. 

Chandigarh LitFest - Literati21 is back to Celebrate Hope

The two-days 9th edition of Literati, the Chandigarh Lit Fest opens on Saturday, 11th December.

According to CLS Chairperson and Festival Director Dr Sumita Misra the trilingual lit fest shall be a hybrid version with its three sessions to be held in the UT Guest House, and the rest of it online.

The theme this year is ‘Manifesting Hope’ after the long lockdowns and the pandemic that has changed people’s perspective of life and many writers have crafted words in poems and prose that spelt hope, said Dr Sumita Misra.

In literature, hope, she said, tends to centre on the belief that positive changes do happen after every crisis, and we shall have the authors who have ignited hope into troubled minds through their writings.

Hope is a powerful word that represents faith and possibilities, said author and TEDx speaker Vivek Atray, and that is what CLS had been instilling through its programmes over the years.

Literati21 shall have virtual inaugural session in the afternoon of 11th Dec at 4:45pm, and at 5:30pm on 12th December, while on Sunday, the 12th, there shall be a session at the UT Guest House, at 10am with the release of Gurjot Kaler’s book “The Battle of Longewala”, followed by a keynote address by Bollywood celebrity, Divya Dutta. 

There is another interesting session on Rama’s Footsteps with Neelesh Kulkarni, followed by a musical Punjabi session with Dolly Guleria and Sunaini,

Some of the other authors in the virtual sessions on 11th and 12th evening shall be Esther David, Anil Swarup, Deepak Gupta, Divya Dutta, Rakesh Omprakash Mehra, Raza Mir, Vandana Kohli, Lily Swarn, Jupinderjit Singh, Dr Archana Singh,  Parinda Joshi, Jim Davidson, Kishwar Desai, among others.  

We have seen the emergence of good literature in the past two years, and CLS has an impressive array of authors covering a wide variety of topics from politics to war, to cuisine to Bollywood.

CLS had been the pioneer to initiate the litfest trends in the region way back in 2012 with many more that have followed adding to the literary fiesta in the city during winter.

Besides the annual litfest, Literati, CLS had been regularly organizing weekly virtual sessions with authors and poets, besides poetry and story-writing competitions, and writing workshops, that have received overwhelming responses from the people.

Literati21 Programme
11th December 2021: Virtual Session: 5:45pm:  Live on Facebook @clschandigarh 
12th December 2021: 10:30am-3:30pm :  UT Guest House, Sector 6, Chandigarh
12th December 2021: Virtual Session: 5:30pm - 8:30pm: Live on Facebook @clschandigarh

Ireland and India share common bond, said Ireland's Ambassador to India

 

This year in Literati 2020 international authors from five continents are participating with Ireland as the partner country.  

His Excellency Mr Brendan Ward, Ambassador of Ireland to India, in his video message to the Chandigarh Literary Society expressed happiness for Ireland joining in as country partner in Literati. 

Ireland and India shares a special bond, he said, especially the historic Irish rebellion that germinated in Punjab a century ago.   

Chandigarh’s Lit Fest 'Literati' from 20th November

 Embassy of Ireland joins as partner 

The eighth edition of Chandigarh Lit Fest, Literati 2020, opens on Friday in its virtual avatar with noted author, intellectual, speaker, and former CEO of Procter & Gamble, Gurcharan Das, featured in the opening plenary session.

Dr Sumita Misra, chairperson of Chandigarh Literary Society (CLS) said that this time again the three-days weekend Literati shall feature some of the noted authors from India and abroad, and it is a matter of great pleasure that Literati is being organised in association with HAREDA, and the Embassy of Ireland as partner with Radio Mirchi 98.3 as Happiness Partner, she added.

Some of the other prominent authors participating in Literati include Sudha Murthy, Rajdeep Sardesai, Ashish Vidyyarthi, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Dr. Rakhshanda Jalil, Radhakrishnan Pillai, Anuja Chauhan, Dr. Janki Santoke, Amandeep Sandhu, Sarabpreet Singh, Anuja Chandramouli, Erner Davis amongst others..

There are over 30 authors from English, Hindi and Panjabi genre  participating in the three days event which would go live on Facebook and YouTube on 20th November from 5:30pm to 9pm, informed author and speaker Vivek Atray.

Harper Collins, Pan MacMilan India Penguine, and Rupa are the Publisher Partners in Literati this year. 

 CLS had been organizing the Chandigarh Lit Fest for the last eight years and this year immediately after a lockdown in end-March, it launched CLS Conversation online featuring some of the celebrated writers like Amish Tripathi, Ashwin Sanghi, Bilal Siddiqi, Sanil Sachar, Dr Farah Adam Mukadam, Mukul Kumar, Rajni Sekhri Sibal, Meghna Pant, Khushwant Singh, among others.

Literati 2020
YouTube LIVE- https://bit.ly/35G7O39
Facebook LIVE - https://bit.ly/3lIAmyi

International LitFest at Chandigarh, Literati, in November 2018

Over the years, Chandigarh Literary Society's mega literary event Literati has grown 

exponentially. Ever since its debut in 2013, Literatihas been one of the most sought-after events on the Indian literary landscape. 

Some of the noted authors we have had the pleasure of hosting authors like Ruskin Bond, Amish Tripathi, Ashwin Sanghi, Jerry Pinto, Kishwar Desai, Ashok Vajpeyi, Navtej Sarna, Tarek Fatah, Nandita Puri, Pushpesh Pant, Rahul Pandita, Shefalee Vasudeva, Surjit Patar, Rujuta Divekar, Krishna Devulapali, Kamla Kapur, Kiran Nagarkar, Mridula Koshy, Madhulika Liddle, Tavleen Singh, Sumita Misra, Leila Seth, Ram Verma, Hugh and Coleen Gantzer, Gulzar Sandhu, Khushwant Singh and so on.

Other than this, Literati has also seen the active participation of foreign writers like Columpa Bobb, Lee Maracle, Shauna Singh Baldwin in collaboration with the Canadian High Commission. 

All our events have been extensively covered by both print and electronic media.

The Entry is Free, but Registration is mandatory.
Please register here: 

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/literati-2018-international-litfest-tickets-49807172594

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CLS Short Story Writing Winners get prizes

Chandigarh Literary Society (CLS) had organized an online short story writing competition in May, and after an overwhelming response and review by a panel of judges, six top entries were selected.

Ms Deep K Samlok’s  ‘Biji ke gadde’ was adjudged as the best story followed by Rashmi Sharma and Dr Devlyani Singh’s stories which came 2^nd and 3^rdrespectively.

The next three stories in 4^th to 6^th position are Chanakya Grover’s “Anonymity is my power’, Dr. Aditya Rattan’s “The fall of the pride”, and Radhika Singh’s “Intertwined”.

All the winners were given the prizes at the concluding function of the 5^th Chandigarh Lit Fest, Literati by Chandigarh Literary Society. 

Writing Biographies of Living Person is most challenging: Khushwant Singh

"I would love to write biography of Vijay Malaya and Parkash Singh Badal", says Khushwant. 

Biographer of Chief Minister of Punjab, Capt Amarinder Singh, Khushwant Singh responded to questions from the moderator Neel Kamal Puri and the audience who wanted to know more about various incidents and challenges that he faced as a biographer. 

People were calling me up and commenting on social media to desist from writing biography on Capt Amarinder Singh, who had lost elections in 2012.  Yet I went ahead because my subject never interfered with my research or narrative except for correcting facts or dates, and this became a wonderful experience, Khushwant added. 

The tipping point in researching him was the journal of governess, a German lady, who had made copious notes about prince's day to day life, which he stumbled upon that made writing about his childhood very gripping and interesting. 

There were numerous interviews, and even the letters his Doon School principal wrote to Captain's mother that completed the narrative of his childhood days. 

The biography was released just before the results of his elections this year, and would update in the next edition after his current tenure only on which I'm working, he said. 

Biographies unveil the most significant part of history and I would definitely like to write about Vijay Malaya or Parkash Singh Badal if given an opportunity, he added. 

"I am changing so I'm beautiful": Columpa Bobb

Preserve the Mother Earth, say Canadian authors.

Chandigarh, November 26: The highlight of last day's discussions was the presence of two authors, activists, poets, playwrights, Lee Maracle and Columpa Bobb, who took the discussions in the session "Roots and Wings" moderated by Canada's Consul General Dr Christopher Gibbins, to an entirely new level with their simplicity, raw humour and stories of original settlers, the Red Indians, now called 'indigenous' people. 

Lee Maracle who is an award winning author and activist for indigenous people in Canada, and Centre for Indigenous Theatre in Canada, emphasised to be in consort with Nature, develop collective wisdom and collaborate to bring about the change in the society.  

In order to preserve Nature and be in harmony with Nature, the younger generation must develop the fine collective wisdom of jelly fish which does not have a single brain cell yet can communicate and collaborate with fellow jelly fish and hunt together, Lee said. 

Columpa Bobb, another award winning acclaimed author of several books including autobiography, poetry, and fiction, beautifully related the story of "I am Changing Me" to accept change as an unchanging constant reality and evolve with change.  

Each childhood story has a lesson to tell, and lifts your spirits and pulls you out of dark situations or saddness, Columpa remarked. 

The entire conversation revolved around the beauty of Nature and respect for mother earth which would continue to punish mankind with hurricanes and storms if we forget about it, said both the authors. 

Rujuta debunks myths about food

On the second day of the Chandigarh Literary Society's, Rujuta Diwekar was the star in the forenoon sessions, with lively floor participation to know more about what to eat and what not to eat. 

Rujuta is a winner of Nutrition Award from Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, and amonst the most qualified and sought]-after sports science and nutrition expert with five best selling books on nutrition and exercise.

She debunked the myth about eating desi ghee, curd, milk products, achaar, kadhi chawal, rajma chawal, etc, since these are the common household products which won't sell in the commercial-oriented market, and that is the reason organic and exotic foods get promoted on the pretext of health. 

Eat well and follow the advice of the home makers and not the dieticians or the doctors, she remarked. 

She advised the alcohol intake should be moderated and taken after meals and not before that which damages the body.

Whole lot of research has shown, that poor diet, lack of exercise, leads to diabetes, heart attack, and alcohol should be in moderate… after your dinner and than drink, and not the other way round, which makes it bad. 

Having counselled celebrities like Kareena Kapoor, Anil Ambani, Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, Saif Ali Khan, Anupam Kher, Karishma Kapoor, Shahid Kapoor, she has been voted as 50 most powerful people in India by the 'People' magazine. 

She is among only 3 Indians in CNN Asia Hotest People to Watch Out for. 

Earlier Panjabi literateur Atamjeet Singh, Manmohan Singh and Jasbeer Mand talked about the Panjabi literature in the session "Watan De Wark" moderated by Ravee Pandher. 

Ram Varma’s book “My Encounters with the Three Lal’s of Haryana” released

Chandigarh, Nov 25:  Former senior civil servant of Haryana, Ram S Varma’s autobiographical political memoir, “My Encounters with the Three Lal’s of Haryana”  was released here today at Literati.

In one of the afternoon sessions on “Sarkari Sagas: Civil and Uncivil” which saw Ram S Varma, with another retired civil servant and author Robin Gupta with Vivek Atray, another civil servant who recently resigned from Haryana government to pursue his creative dreams, the varied aspects of bureaucracy and working in the government were unveiled.

Published by Rupa, the book is about Ram Varma’s journey with the three powerful chief ministers of Haryana over his three decades of chequered career that saw many ups and downs.

“I owe my literary journey to Ch Bhajan Lal, erstwhile chief minister of Haryana, who posted me to non-descript post with no work as an OSD as punishment for not issuing national permit to his favourite transporters, leaving me with plenty of time to write middles for a local daily,” he said. 

Ram Varma was all praise for the three chief ministers of Haryana who transformed the state from a improvished one into an economically flourishing one.

Robin Gupta, in his “Memoirs of an unrepentant civil servant” is more critical of the political interferences and critical degradation of the services and described his memoirs as a “sad book” for his inability to bring about the changes and reforms that he wanted to prevent bureaucracy from becoming political robots.

“My book,” he remarked, “is a tribute to about 5000 civil courts who kept India together despite country’s disparities.”

Prolific writer and author of famous nove, “Teenage Diaries” Saurabh Sharma, much-acclaimed poetess and author of “First Fire” Archana Sahni,  and young entrepreneur with author of number of books with latest being “Harappa” Vineet Bajpai explored the nuances of poetry and prose with Saguna Jain.

Author of “Mr and Mrs Jinnah”Sheela Reddy and famous critic and historian, and an activist popularizing Hindi and Urdu literature, Rakshanda Jalil, explored with Suparna-Saraswati Puri the connect between the politics, literature, and culture.

The first day ended with the session on “Here and Now” that focused on how the empowered women of the city, Dr Sumita Misra, Neel Kamal Puri, Vandhana Shukla with Chetna Keer talked about the young women writers.  Neel Kamal Puri said that women writers are more liberated today with good equation and understanding of other gender, while Dr Sumita Misra emphasized the need for self-belief and confidence which has an empowering effect on young writers.  Vandana Shukla asked the young writers on  clarity of their thoughts as to what they want out of life.

    

Take care of your parents when you grow up: Ruskin Bond

CLS confers Lifetime Achievement Award on Ruskin Bond

 

ChChandigarh, 25 November : Hundreds of children from different local schools thronged the sylvan surroundings of Sukhna Lake which formed the backdrop to the 5^th edition of the international lit fest, Literati 2017.

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With the Lake Club venue choc-o-block with avid readers and fans of Padamshree Ruskin Bond, the children and the parents alike quizzed the author about his different novels and short stories.

Addressing the children his only advice was that since parents are taking care of you and make you study in good schools, just take care of them when you grow up.

Chandigarh Literary Society conferred on Ruskin Bond its first Lifetime Achievement Award, which comprised of citation and a humble gift of Rs. 2 lakh.

Though born and brought up in India, he was sent back to London in 50s after his schooling, where he worked as well as wrote his first novel at 17, “Room on the Roof” but as soon as he got the advance of 50 pounds from the publisher he took the ticket back to India in 1955;  “I could not live anywhere else in the world than India, which brought me back here.”  Ruskin Bond remarked.

“I identify myself with a lone fox which I saw once in Mussoorie hills in a moonlit night, which inspired me to title my autobiography ‘Lone Fox Dancing’,” he remarked.  “It is all truthful and no fiction, which I might invent in the sequel to this autobiography,” he remarked jocularly.

Sharing the tips for writing in response to a question by a youngster, he said that a writer must respect the language and grammar, write regularly, find a space for solitude in the room or home, read literature, and adopt simple style so that readers can relate to it and enjoy it.

Responding to another question from a student as to whether one could make a career in writing, he said that he writes for the joy of it and he has never looked for fame or fortune.

What would you be had you not been a writer? “I would have either been a sumo wrestler or a football player”, he said laughingly.

He related anecdotes of being mistaken by someone else on lots of occasions, at party, at the airports, and social gatherings, and even associating him with different work of literature by some other authors.

“People can relate to my stories because it is all about people who are real in their character and emotions, but when I run out of the people to write about, I chose animals, and if I run out of animals, I write about ghosts”, Ruskin Bond said.

He implored the budding writers to work for the protection of the environment and to set limit to the urbanization, so that we can preserve it for posterity.

Earlier Dr Sumita Misra, Chairperson of CLS, in her welcome remarks said Literati has gone international with the joining of Canada as the partner country, whose two prominent authors will be featured on Sunday.

Dr Christopher Gibbins, Consul General of Canada was present at the venue throughout the day.

Madhav Kaushik, Vice Chair of CLS said that Literati is the celebration of the divinity and dignity of the written world. 

Chandigarh Literati goes live

Thanks to the support of News 18 team of Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh, the 5th edition of Literati goes live on the facebook.
Right from the inaugural session till the mushaira in the evening of the first day of Literati, the live feeds from the Lake Club reached out to more audience outside Chandigarh.
Kudos.

Last Date for Online Short Story Competition Extended

The last date for submission of online shortstory competition of Chandigarh Literary Society, stands extended till midnight of 15th July, on a number of requests from creative people like you, who could not find time to put together their thoughts.

All other terms and conditions remain the same as indicated in the earlier post.  http://bit.ly/2qJWNaX

Tell Us a Story and You can be a Winner!

Each one of us has a story.  Each one. 
And sharing it with others might win some smiles, stir some beautiful emotions. 
Chandigarh Literary Society (CLS) announces its annual Short Story Writing Competition. 

Pick up your pen and paper, (and some of you might just kick it off on your mobile itself), and write a short story in 1000 words. 

Anyone and Anybody can participate. No age limit. Just you and your story. 

And what's more: we are going to help you with the opening of the story.  Wow.  Just start with your story taking cue from the brilliant narrative which should prompt you to get into a creative frame of mind and jog your imagination: 

------------------< S T A R T   N  O  W >-----------------------------

He was unlike any other. Dishevelled yet graceful, slouching yet impressive, antagonistic yet charming. A heated argument was on, outside the cinema hall.

"Sir, you're not allowed inside without a ticket!", the guard told him rather gruffly, for the umpteenth time. Several ticket holders streamed past, having eyed the greying intruder curiously.
"But the movie that is playing is based on my life! You have to let me in. I'm the reason this film was made! So what if I don't have money to buy a ticket? You have to let me watch it..."

LAST DATE of submission: Midnight of 30th June 2017. 

Email your entry to clsshortstory@gmail.com

There are prizes to be won, and the opportunity for the top 5 stories to be read before the audience at CLS prize distribution function.  Your story might also get selected for CLS Book of Stories. 

Creative Writing Workshop Concludes

Two-days workshop on creative writing concluded here today. 

As the workshop came to a close at about 4:30pm, the enthusiasm, confidence, and energy had doubled in them. Despite being a Sunday, they were enjoying every moment, and there was not an iota of boredom or tiredness.

The day saw children interacting with Suparna -Saraswati Puri on handling language, grammar, and vocabulary, while Chandra Shekhar Varma spent the afternoon interacting with each child in order to develop their story ideas.

"I feel humbled at the brilliant ideas that the children have come up with, and it appears I shall have to go back and relearn the art of story telling," Chandra Shekhar Varma remarked jocularly in his closing remarks.

He commended every participant for their creativity and novel story ideas.

Every participant is required to submit their story now by Monday, 6th of June, till midnight on clscompetitions@gmail.com, for the editors to review it and inclusion in the anthology of stories to be published later.

"Awesome", "Incredible", "Brilliant" were some of the remarks that summed up their experience at the workshop.


Some of the parents who were present at the concluding programme, collectively handed over the memento of appreciation and remembrance to Chandra Shekhar Varma.

Budding Writers Explore the World of Words

Two-days workshop on creative writing begins at Beant Singh Memorial Centre at Chandigarh

 The two-days workshop on creative writing organized by Chandigarh Literary Society (CLS) began here today at the Beant Singh Memorial Centre in Sector 42.

Inaugurating the workshop which had nearly 20 young participants from various schools of the city from class 8th to class 12th, Sumita Misra, chairperson of CLS, said that wordsare perhaps the most dynamic form of human creation that not only stimulates imagination, thoughts and instincts but also propels children into a unique realm of fantasy where they can weave their own tales and stimulate their right brain and creativity, she added.

The workshop is being conducted by noted writer and poet Chandra Shekhar Varma from Lucknow, who is also the grandson of Padma Bhushan Shri Bhagati Charan Varma, who organizes similar workshops around the country through his Think Ink Hat organization.

Chandra Shekhar has two poetry books and an English novel, Corners of a Straight Line published by Rupa, to his credit.

He would be stimulating creativity amongst participants and engage them in developing ideas into a story, while introducing them to the art of story telling, dialogue writing, and different genres.

Another author Neel Kamal Puri took the session on developing plot and sub-plots, and characters, while author Vivek Atray inspired and ignited the budding writers to make the best use of their imagination and create unique stories.

On Sunday, another well-known writer and journalist Suparna-Saraswati Puri would take the students on the journey of enhancing their vocabulary and developing command over language.

The workshop will conclude with the development of story ideas by each child, who would further develop the tale in the next three months and submit to CLS, for including it in an anthology of stories that would be published and released at the CLS’s signature event, Literati.