The third edition of the Shoolini Literature Festival will be held on March 17 and 18 on the picturesque campus of Shoolini University in Himachal Pradesh. The campus is ready to host around 50 eminent speakers to talk about their work in different genres, including fiction, poetry, films, food and more. One of India’s most prolific and popular writers, Ruskin Bond, will deliver the keynote address at the Litfest on March 17.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, prominent diasporic novelist, will be the keynote speaker on the second day. Her novels, ‘Palace of Illusions’ and ‘The Last Queen’, continue to be bestsellers and her latest novel is called ‘Independence’. Among the participating authors, writers, filmmakers and journalists are playwright Mahesh Dattani; Raj Shekhar, poet and lyricist for films like ‘Tanu Weds Manu,’ ‘Veere di wedding’ and ‘Uri’; Atika Chohan, scriptwriter for acclaimed films like ‘Chhapaak’ and ‘Margrita with a Straw’; Manjiri Prabhu, known as India’s Agatha Christie; doctor-turned-food writer Nandita Iyer; Pavan Jha, noted film historian; journalist and author Shuma Raha, Ankit Jhamb and Mamta Chander; corporate leaders who love writing and Chander Trikha, Hindi writer and award-winning poet.
