Lit for Life
lit life annual literary festival organised english daily hindu chennai india festival inaugurated part celebration th anniversary hindu literary review lit life became independent oneday event year developed threeday festival literature thought featuring notable author speaker world festival always take place midjanuary celebrate th anniversary main initiator organiser lit life dr nirmala lakshman director hindu group publication chairperson board hindu tamil festival inaugurated second edition oneday event held september third edition held two city delhi hosted festival february programme continued ten day later february chennai festival aligned announcement hindu literary prize winner lit life literature award inaugurated connected since shortlist announced first day delhi award distribution marked finale festival fourth edition event held chennai january name recipient hindu literary prize year anees salim announced novelist jim grace valedictory function festival fifth edition held january sixth edition held january new element added hindu lit life annual lecture series seventh edition festival held january parallelly childrens fest engage child year literature inaugurated eighth edition festival held january first time featured festival tamil literature th edition hindu lit life held january zerowaste initiative encouragement hindu support chennai kalai theru vizha zero waste festival lit life branded zero waste event zero waste meant setting new goal live world—one aim reduce trash landfill incinerator zero rebuild local economy support community health sustainability justice basic level zero waste significantly reducing—and eventually completely eliminating—the amount resource sent disposal waste safely economically recycled reused composted turned biogas anaerobic digestion fewer disposable product used product redesigned toxicfree built last zero waste initiative aim make event environmentally sustainable socially environmental footprint reduced social footprint enlarged integral part zero wastelfl impose ban disposable material also invoke mind change event audience zero waste therefore prefabricated scheme continuous process within society chennai kalai theru vizha team volunteer hosted zero wastecounter engage lit life visitor topic composting tamil nadu plastic ban stage performance interaction featured indian administrative service officer rajendra ratnoo responsible facilitating plastic ban state rapper sofia ashraf carnatic musician vignesh ishwar visitor contributed minimising waste byob bring bottle bag bicycle – campaign asked skip singleuse plastic product bring refillable bottle bag additionally visitor encouraged bring bicycle instead coming motorized vehicle addition used public transport rewarded accordance tamil nadu plastic ban single use plastic cover cutlery banned venue food vendor prohibited selling water plastic bottle organic cutlery plate used instead festival managed avoid use plastic bottle recognizing zero waste continuous journey th edition lit life seen baseline year comprehensive audit waste generation material use transport water consumption festival hope become entirely zero waste upcoming year official website