Hyderabad Literary Festival to kick off on Friday
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Hyderabad Literary Festival to kick off on Friday

The Hindu  

The 15th edition of Hyderabad Literary Festival is set to begin on Friday, with the inaugural plenary ‘A Life in Cinema’ featuring actor Shabana Azmi in conversation with Amita Desai. Another plenary, Viewfinder: A Memoir, would feature actor Amol Palekar and his wife Sandhya Gokhale in conversation with filmmaker Mohana Krishna Indraganti. Actor Huma Qureshi would discuss her work Zeba: An Accidental Superhero with Kinnera Murthy, and senior journalists Sreenivasan Jain and Mariyam Alavi would address Love Jihad and Other Fictions: Simple Facts to Counter Viral Falsehoods. Attendees can visit the official Hyderabad Literary Festival website https://www.hydlitfest.org/ for more details.

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Smorgasbord of sessions at Alliance Literary Festival 4.0 in Bengaluru

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The Hindu  

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The Hindu  

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The Hindu  

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Hindustan Times  

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The Hindu  

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Bangalore Literature Festival 2023: Where stories come alive

The Hindu  

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News 18  

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The Hindu  

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Live Mint  

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Deccan Chronicle  

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Deccan Chronicle  

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New Indian Express  

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India TV News  

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Deccan Chronicle  

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