When book lovers
and lovers for writing and literature of all sorts meet, it takes the
atmosphere to another level all together. When the said meet is graced by two
eminent literary personalities like the legendary Anil Dharker and the genius Ashwin Sanghi .
On the occasion of
the Tata Mumbai Lit Fest the
Fifth Mumbai International Literary Festival, Thursday, 30th Oct. to Sunday,
2nd Nov 2014, a
Meet-and-Greet was organised by Tata for a
peek-a-boo into the event vide conversation with Anil and Ashwin.
Anil, Founder and Festival Director,
Tata Literature Live, face of the Mumbai LitFest opened the talks and took us
through the event and Ashwin in turn shared anecdotes of his brush with the
earlier editions of the event.
After the house was
thrown open, Ashwin was at his wittiest best. He was candid, frank and
forthcoming. He gave us some wise and some canny tips going forward, from being
persistent to having a peg of whisky :P
It went on and on….
"We are now
beginning to appreciate the fact that India is a country of stories ~ Ashwin"
there
were many a stories that got rapt attention and were well appreciated!!!
"Poetry is the purest distillation of literature. So many thoughts in so little words ~ Anil"
he has always and
in all ways been awe inspiring with his writing or otherwise
"At
the end of the day, I've never thought of myself as a writer. I think of this
as storytelling ~ Ashwin"
and he is a simply amazing at that
"The
largest number of books I've signed in one day? 7000 ~ Ashwin"
I
am sure this was just a walk in the park for him!!!
“A
writer is usually never caught without a pen ~ Ashwin”
sometimes he just runs out of ink :P
There are few other thoughts he expressed and i am in complete agreement there ~
"Write what
you want to write. A genre will be created around it"
"Every child
should be lucky enough to have parents who fill their childhood with books"
"What really
has changed in India is not the writer. It is the reader"
"In the
literary world, marketing is looked down upon. Market your books as creatively
as you wrote them."
Here’s
all that you would want to know about the LitFest:
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