

The Festival was a grand finale of India celebrating India’s 75 th year since independence, organizers noted. Rakesh Kaul, vice chair of IAAC, noted that the team had put together more than 40 authors and poets from all over the world “and their stories take you on a journey that is wondrous.”

She urged everyone to watch it online and to come back for next year’s program. Preethi Urs, director of the Festival, called the event a “huge” success, and the first after the COVID pandemic. “I want the book to be a ‘back to childhood,’ (memory) for everybody,” Naval told ITV Gold during the event. Ravi Shankar.Īctress and writer Deepti Naval also attended to showcase her book, “A Country Called Childhood.” Actress and writer Deepti Naval at her book reading during the IAAC Literary Festival in NYC Nov. The live Poetry Panel was headlined by Arundhathi Subramaniam and moderated by poetry curator, Dr. Photo: still videograb from ITV Gold footageĬlose to 100 people could be seen at the in-person events, listening to the intimate in-person sessions, a video from ITV Gold showed.

The online and in-person events took place from Nov.

Section of the audience at the IAAC Literary Festival in-person events Nov. In Its 8th Year, the IAAC Literary Festival offered an intimate interaction with the leading minds and works of authors and poets writing about the Indian experience, organizers said in a press release. Padma Shri recipient journalist Barkha Dutt was also scheduled to attend. 12 and 13, in New York City at the Caelum Gallery where speakers included Priya Kumari and Raza Mir. The virtual sessions were hosted from Nov 7-11 and in-person talks took place on Nov. The Festival was conducted both online and in-person. 12 and 13, 2022, featuring numerous famous writers and artists. The Indo-American Arts Council, IAAC, held its Literary Festival Nov. Actor and author Deepti Naval, center, with other writers and authors at the November 12 and 13, in-person events of the Indo-American Arts Council’s Literary Festival, held in NYC.
