TGT Correspondent
Kathmandu, Feb 13
The second edition of Phone Pay Janakpur Literature Festival is scheduled for March 2021. According to a press note released by the organizer Nawa Mithila Foundation and co-organizers Book Hill Publications and Sano Paila in Kathmandu on Friday, the Festival aims at promoting Nepali literature.
The Festival, to be held in Janakpur for four days from 3-6 March, will be attended by 45 speakers in 15 sessions on literature, music, cinema, culture, civilization, and politics. The sessions will be conducted by 15 facilitators.
“This Festival will serve as an envoy for the upliftment of literature, civilization and culture of the Janakpur region. The Janakpur Literary Festival will play an important role,” said Lal Babu Raut, Chief Minister of Province No. 2, while inaugurating the declaration meeting.
Director of the Festival, journalist Dil Bhushan Pathak said that the festival would help connect all Nepalis with literature and tourism. “At a time when social values ​​and ethics are disappearing, this literary festival will bring together readers of all classes and the general public in various debates and contribute to the reading culture of the country!”
Manish Jha, the coordinator of the festival, said that the success of the first edition of the Janakpur Literary Festival has brought it to the second edition.
Subash Sharma, director of Phone Pay Nepal, the main sponsor, said that he is proud to be associated with the Literary Festival in the digital world.
Speakers from different regions of Nepal, including writers from India and Bangladesh will participate in the festival! The festival will be attended by poets, novelists, journalists, media personalities, actors, musicians, writers, politicians and others.
The festival will present a tableau of cultural and social life of Janakpur and the programs to be held in different parts of the city will add more liveliness! The organizers have requested to participate in the Janakpur Literary Festival to understand the seriousness of Maithil culture and taste the local food.