Gateway LitFest
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Gateway LitFest or GLF is an annual literary festival held at NCPA (2) in Mumbai. This is the first of the kind event to celebrate the writings and writers in Indian languages. Gateway LitFest has been conceptualised as a national-level platform for the regional language writers to help them share ideas and to facilitate integration of various regional languages into the mainstream literature.
Origin and founders
Gateway LitFest was conceptualised in 2014. The first edition of the literary festival took place in 2015. Mohan Kakanadan, Sabarinath M, Joseph Alexander and KJ Bennychan are the promoters of the festival. The festival is jointly organised by Mumbai-based Malayalam publication `Kaakka’ and communication consultancy Passion 4 Communication Pvt. Ltd, Mumbai.
Advisory Panel
The advisory panel of the fest is headed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan. Other members in the panel are Pratibha Ray, Subodh Sarkar, Sitanshu Yashachandra, Laxman Gaikwad, K Satchidanandan, Sachin Ketkar, S Prasannarajan, Bose Krishnamachari, Uma Da Cunha and C Gouridasan Nair.
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