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We have institutionalized a new breed of Lit Fests themed around celebrating Bengali Literature in unlikely rural settings allowing participants to connect their writings with nature. Sans grand ceremonial jamborees yet having unconventional themes & locations, help an author to express a symbolic gesture to the world of creative writing.

Our 2022 inaugural edition themed “Tale of the Hills, From the Hills, In the Hills” , coined “Paharparbo” was aptly hosted in the North Bengal hamlets of Lava and Rishyap. We want to uphold stories relating to our l ove for the mountains, of people living there, of their culture and stories spun out of life in the hills.

An open invitation sent out calling all professional and amatuer authors resulted in a huge number of entries, from which our editorial board selected 15 stories which were compiled into a best-selling collection of short stories. The book was published at the Kolkata International Bookfair in 2023.

At the Lit Fest, we did cover releases, author meetups, cultural celebrations with the local tribes, writing workshops and book reading sessions. The event was attended by over 40 eminent people from the Bengali Literary landscape and was a resounding success by virtue of being an inaugural edition. This has now paved the way and encouraged us to plan for subsequent annual editions and we look forward to finding support from all our patrons.