AMU Literary Festival

AMU Literary Festival is an annual literary festival organised by Aligarh Muslim University. University Debating and Literary Club (UDLC) formerly University Literary Club of the university organises the festival. Some of the previous invitees include news anchor and author Rajdeep Sardesai, poet Keki N. Daruwalla, politician Mani Shankar Aiyar and independent journalist Rana Ayyub.

AMU Literary Festival
Logo of the AMU Literary Festival
GenreLiterary festival
FrequencyAnnually, Feb-March
InstituteAligarh Muslim University
Organised ByUniversity Debating and
Literary Club
Dates for 20173–5 March
VenueKennedy House Complex
LocationAligarh, Uttar Pradesh
CountryIndia
PatronProf. Tariq Mansoor
Years Active2015–present
ActivitiesWorkshops, Lectures,
Interaction sessions, Discussions
ParticipantsOpen for all

Organisation

The festival is organized under the auspices of the University Literary and Debating Club of the Aligarh Muslim University. The club consists of students as its members. The festival is the University Debating and Literary Club's flagship event.

Journalists like Rajdeep Sardesai talking about media, activists such as Paranjoy Guha Thakurta talking about crony capitalism and novelists like Chandrahas Choudhury having panel discussions about the Indian novel; the festival is a diverse celebration of literature and mass communication, in all its forms.

The festival attracts audience from all across the city, transcending the boundary of the university. Previous invitees include the poet Keki N. Daruwalla, politician Mani Shankar Aiyar and independent journalist Rana Ayyub. With people from diverse areas coming together and talking about the issues of the day and age, the festival is truly a melting pot of culture. Workshops to teach students about the ins and outs of various forms of writing and public speaking are also conducted as a part of the festival, which rounds out the educational experience.

The University Literary Club was established in 1973. The club is the extension of the oldest literary Society of AMU, the "Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College Literary Society" founded by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan himself. The University Literary Club was rechristened as University Debating Literary Club in 2015.

Past festivals

Lit Fest 2017

The festival was organised from 3-5 March, 2017.

  • List of Guests in 2017
NameField
Swara BhaskarActress
Ashok VajpeyiPoet in Hindi, essayist, literary-cultural critic and a former civil servant
Prof. Manoj K JhaProfessor of Social Work
Aditi RaoPoet, activist and essayist.
Zafar AnjumAuthor and journalist
Tushar GandhiJournalist
Hansda Sowvendra ShekharMedical officer and activist
Omair AhmadWriter
Hilal Ahmed[1]Editor, writer, teacher and producer
de:Chandrahas ChoudhuryLiterary critic and novelist

Literary Festival (2016)
  • List of Guests
NameFieldVideo link
Rajdeep SardesaiNews anchor and authorWatch video - 1, 2, 3
Paranjoy Guha ThakurtaJournalist and political commentatorWatch video - 1, 2
Keki N. DaruwallaPoet and writerWatch video - 1, 2, 3, 4
Mani Shankar AiyarDiplomat and politicianWatch video - 1, 2
de:Chandrahas ChoudhuryLiterary critic and novelist
Mariam Karim AhlawatTeacher, freelance editor and a writer
Satyarth NayakAuthor, script-writer & journalist
Nivedita MenonFeminist writer and professorWatch video - 1, 2, 3, 4
Rana Safavi[2]Author and historian
Sarwat KhanContemporary Urdu writer

Literary Festival 2015
  • List of guests
NameFieldVideo link
Jerry PintoWriter and journalistWatch video - 1, 2, 3, 4
Sudeep SenPoet and editor
Syed Asghar WajahatScholar, novelist, independent documentary
filmmaker and television scriptwriter
Rakhshanda JalilWriter, critic and literary historian
Radha Chakravarty[3]Writer, critic and translator
Prof. Purushottam AgrawalAcademician, novelist, literary critique,
theologian, secularist, columnist and broadcaster
Aseem Ahmed AbbaseeLyricst poet and creative writer
Yaseen Anwer[4]Multilingual poet
Kausar MunirLyricist and screenwriter
Rana AyyubJournalist and independent columnistWatch video - 1, 2
Sami Ahmad KhanAuthor
Manisha SethiTeacher and author
Hilal Ahmed[1]Editor, writer, teacher and producer
Dr. Saamdu Chettri[5]Head of first Gross National Happiness Centre[6]

See also

References
  1. "About Hilal Ahmed".
  2. "Rana Safavi at AMU Lit Fest 2.0".
  3. "Radha Chakravarty".
  4. "About Yaseen Anwer".
  5. "Dr. Saamdu Chettri, Executive Director, GNH Centre Bhutan, was invited to Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) as the Valedictory Guest for their first ever literary festival". www.gnhcentrebhutan.org/. Gross National Happiness Centre Bhutan. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  6. Dr. Saamdu Chettri (25 July 2015). "The turbulent life story of Bhutan's happiness guru". BBC. Candida Beveridge BBC World Service, Bhutan. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
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