2nd edition of PragatiE Vichaar Literature Festival : A Day of Celebration, Discussion, And Recognition
New Delhi: PragatiE Vichaar Literature Festival steered a non-virtual event having Hon’ble Minister Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, Minister of State and Education as the chief guest at The Claridges Hotel, Delhi. ‘Taking Humanity Forward’ as its theme, the literature festival was bejewelled by the presence of esteemed orators who imparted knowledge on notable themes. The event commenced with an exclusive classical dance performance by Harpreet Kaur Jass.
The day converged upon decisive sessions embracing mental health and wellness, the question of is human existence for serving or living, the art of fiction, how personal experiences and true narratives rule the roost. PVLF’s knowledge partner, Nielsen BookScan Data presented the importance of data in schools and children’s book publishing, while Solh Wellness raised the all-important issue of mental wellness.
Hon’ble Minister Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh quotes” I am very happy to be here at PragatiE Vichaar Literature Festival 2023, this is a merely encouraging activity. Although we publish books regularly we need to organize such kinds of festivals to promote the regular habit of reading by the communities. This is a good opportunity provided by the organizers of PVLF, so if we continue these kinds of activities India will soon be a Vishwa Guru. ”
Pranav Gupta Festival Director” Within a span of one year, we have achieved great success by having a five-day virtual session and a one-day physical event where we have a powerpack lineup of speakers and some sessions which have been specifically curated that is a need for the literary ecosystem as well as the publishing standards. If we talk about the PVLF Excellence award, we’ve expanded that into different other categories that we conceptualize so we have PVLF Readers choice awards in English and Hindi, Hindi is a language we have added this year and if we talk about the PVLF Publishers choice awards, that is going to be bifurcated in 5 different categories, Education expert, trade publishing, children book publishing, and Hindi as one category, so in the upcoming years we will be having regional languages as well.”
Kapil Gupta Festival Director “PragatiE Vichaar Literature Festival is one of the most amazing literature festival both in terms of bringing authors together as well as for the awards. This year we got 400000 minutes of viewership on our PragatiE platforms for the festival and 220000 votes for the awards we ran. It’s an amazing feed and accomplishment. However the next year it is going to be bigger. I am extremely glad to also be able to talk about mental health with the audience and introduce Solh Wellness.”
Organized by Frontlist Media, the event rejoiced the literary ecosystem whose aim was to instil the love of writing, inner thinking of authors and discussing focal topics from around the world. PVLF 2023 strengthened new arenas for debut authors and resonated true spirit of Indian Literature.
