AMU Literary Festival
amu literary festival annual literary festival organised aligarh muslim university university debating literary club udlc formerly university literary club university organises festival previous invitee include news anchor author rajdeep sardesai poet keki n daruwalla politician mani shankar aiyar independent journalist rana ayyub festival organized auspex university literary debating club aligarh muslim university club consists student member festival university debating literary club flagship event journalist like rajdeep sardesai talking medium activist paranjoy guha thakurta talking crony capitalism novelist like chandrahas choudhury panel discussion indian novel festival diverse celebration literature mass communication form festival attracts audience across city transcending boundary university previous invitee include poet keki n daruwalla politician mani shankar aiyar independent journalist rana ayyub people diverse area coming together talking issue day age festival truly melting pot culture workshop teach student in out various form writing public speaking also conducted part festival round educational experience university literary club established club extension oldest literary society amu muhammadan anglooriental college literary society founded sir syed ahmad khan university literary club rechristened university debating literary club festival organised – march day march inaugural lecture mr siddhart varadarajan siege medium idea university talked medium well educational institution becoming besieged certain force giving example controversy university like amu jnu etc also mentioned social medium become space target dissenter panel discussion relevance literary festival mr jaishree misra mr jerry pinto prof shafey kidwai moderated m alisha ibkar mr jerry pinto highlighted importance reading survival democracy misra kidwai talked literary festival site self exploration revolution story telling recitation syed asghar wajahat day ended cultural evening secretary president coordinator cec managing event day march lot panel discussion reading literature age character mr jerry pinto dr nafis faizi mr md danish iqbal moderated mr kashif ilyas discussion centred around condition literature age extremity instant gratification social medium shortening attention span people impacted literature book launch discussion book lynch file mr ziya u salam moderated mr fawaz shaheen mr ziya u salam talked murder past used happen religious ground lynching conspiracy targeting particular person grounded report digital scape mrmahtab alam mr shoaib daniyal mr gulam jeelani moderated prof mohammad sajjad panelist talked problem faced journalist digital era reporting also discussion difficult report communal violence issue fake news important point majoritarianism undoing democracy mr ziya u salam mr shoaib daniyal prof asmer beg moderated dr tarushikha sarvesh major topic discussion minority issue communal violence safety woman etc conversation mothering muslim m nazia erum book focus muslim woman especially muslim mother group said little representation indian literature professor ayesha munira panelist last event day zabaandaraaz university drama club day march two panel discussion urdu novel ka badalta manzarnamah mr rahman abbas prof shafey kidwai prof tariq chhatari moderated prof siraj ajmali talked rising position urdu language indian popular culture short story made comeback urdu novel still hasnt found place literature resistance rethinking politics literature dr shah alam khan prof apoorvanand mr manoj jha mr harsh mander moderated dr irfanullah faarooqui discussion revolved around way literature become medium dissent year current sociopolitical scenario writer careful word poetry session dr sukrita kumar dr rekha sethi lecture journalism age muscular nationalism mr sagarika ghose lecture crude tactic criminal intimidation government adopted lately talk mr saurabh dwivedi main aur musalman aapbeeti jagbeeti talked stark difference felt life journalist spending childhood place communal harmony session akseyusuf mr mohammad sabeeh bukhari mr nadim mahir prof shafey kidwai end tribute ankit chadha dastanetamannaesarfaroshi litfest concluded qawwali folk traditional music club aligarh muslim university list guest festival organised – march day march sankarshan thakur declared litfest open inaugural lecture necessity speaking dastangoi tilismehoshruba performed meera rizvi syed shadab hussain directed mahmood farooqui produced anusha rizvi day march panel discussion urdu zubaan adab ka haal aur mustaqbil sanjeev saraf dr siraj ajmali moderator poetry recitation udlc member sudhanshu firdaus also book reading session ordinary man guide radicalism neyaz faarooqui cloud chandrahas choudury panel discussion casecurse caste india prof satish deshpande shuddhabrata sen gupta session moderated md danish iqbal another panel discussion populism age conspicuous consumption involving mukul kesavan prof saugata bhaduri kalpana sharma moderated riad azam muzamil jaleel deputy editor indian express gave lecture numerous panel discussion ghalib ke khatoot faiz alys faizs letter presented impresario asia shamir abadan mannu kohli kk kohli day march life imitating literature literature imitating life debate context identity chandrahas chaudhury akhilesh prof asim siddiqui moderator dr irfanullah farooqi disabled literature creative writing pedagogy politics disability representation dr hemchandran karah dr jyothsna phanija boopathi p moderator alisha ibkar people number reengaging politics democracy india prof apoorvanand jha chaired prof mirza asmer beg also book reading session farah naqvi well poetry recitation session last event art storytelling neelesh misra list guest festival organised – march list guest list guest list guest literary festival list literary festival india