Goa Arts and Literature Festival
goa art literature festival galf annual literary festival take place indian coastal state goa december founded international centre goa icg serf main venue festival session held zuari mandovi abolim hall throughout garden inaugural event usually held maquinez palace event organized icg association goa writer group support directorate art culture government goa event also feature stall mainly put local bookstore publisher event festival free ticketed open year galf hosted participant include writer artist goa northeast kashmir pakistan nepal bangladesh included theme like dalit writing poetry graphic novel translation among participant u r ananthamurthy teju cole pakistani novelist bilal tanweer gulzar amitav ghosh mridula garg eunice de souza meera kosambi mitra phukan arvind krishna mehrotra edwin thumboo wendell rodricks samanth subramaniam french graphic novelist nicolas wild bhand pather theatre troupe directed k raina uttar kamalabari satra led sri sri janardhan deva goswami naresh fernandes graphic novelist amruta patil aditya adhikari mamang dai isabel de santa rita va jerry pinto shanta gokhale indianamerican rapper chee malabar himanshu suri pakistani satirical musician ali aftab saeed american artist daisy rockwell writer artist australia nepal singapore local including school college student galf also claim consistently hosted best lineup contemporary poet ever assembled contemporary india unprecedented reunion great bombay school poet emerged including eunice de souza gieve patel arvind krishna mehrotra manohar shetty galf saw senior journalist discus changing nature national medium included rajdeep sardesai sagarika ghose sreenivasan jain naresh fernandes samar halarnkar priya ramani govindraj ethiraj sachin kalbag prashant jha cyril almeida indian defense minister manohar parrikar released sardesais election changed india galf included new partnership ministry culture government india north eastern council ministry development north eastern region shillong meghalaya featured speaker around world like landeg white wale angelica freitas brazil host indian including gerson da cunha nabina da ranjit hoskote k satchidanandan mamang dai mustansir dalvi featured book reading goan manohar shetty political activist tamil nadu p sivakami keynote speaker book launched festival salt earth jayanti naik translated augusto pinto yugsanvar age frenzy mahableshwar sail translated vidya pai courage commitment memoir margaret alva well book konkani english including vincy quadros kiran budkuley odette mascarenhas hema myer sood bina nayak aloysius d’souza ivan arthur fernando jorge colaco showcase new book persian cuisine awardwinning food writer naomi duguid festival display art delhibased photographer blogger mayank soofi painting various goabased artist led rajesh salgaonkar event special focus art literature north east state india included special reading discussion literrateurs northeast inaugural evening featured performance manipurbased folk rock band imphal talkie legendary rock musician meghalaya lou majaw honoured reluctant nobel prize winner literature bob dylan special concert dedicated festival th edition held – december galf included sahitya akademi award winner like ganesh devy ramachandra guha jerry pinto ranjit hoskote along man booker prize nominee anuradha roy ninth edition festival held december keynote address inaugural given sahitya akademi awardwinning writer shashi deshpande jerry pinto ninth edition cocurated damodar mauzo vivek menezes featured book release like sita valles revolutionary death frederick noronhas goa online stageculturecom said galf hosted annually december fest proven beyond doubt goa much hip beach destination rave hotspot skyscannercoin said goa art literary festival fifth year quickly establishing one literary event year attending literary event reading book launch you’ll able visit popular beach goa sun sand seafood participation free preregistration writing navhind time one critical point view commented goa need create room spur creative process writer enhanced chance getting heard could building new hierarchy local work need validated taste someone new delhi new york deemed significant value goa deeply disturbing idea even implemented subconsciously seems little consultation happening source potential participant case national international participant one go said reputation built literary festival one choose participation goa still understand field who’s mridula garg writes sometimes blink eye discover someone thought lay extreme end margin actually closest u fact alter ego point begin create literature art that’s damodar mauzo write goan boy’s life east africa last century ease write goa it’s important remember margin homogeneous space within margin lie number invisible margin peopled dissenter significant dissent lifeblood literature social change jaipur literature festival international film festival india galf icg site video galf amidst subject