Four-day online litfest held

LUDHIANA: The Soultalk Literature Society and Creative Adda organised a series of online events under the Literature Live Carnival 2020 from May 22-25. The aim was to possess and propagate a positive energy in the difficult times of corona via music and literature and help people cope up with the depressing times.
The events introduced many faces of the film and literature genres. Author Divya Prakash Dubey, the Gangs of Wasseypur fame Satyakam Anand, and other well-known poets of the country, including Chirag Jain, Shariq Kafi, Shakil Jamali, Shaqil Azmi, Varun Anand, Amardeep Singh, Rashmi Varna, Karanjeet Singh, Mussavir Firozpuri and many others talked about their work.
The festival was inaugurated with a speech by Sayyad Sayosh Aasif. Followed by a Kavitri Sammelan, Yuva Mushayara, which remained the highlights of day one. The second day of the festival saw the grand mushayra along with a talk on the social issues. The third day had a session with female poets and a session on Urdu poetry. The last day witnessed conversations about the important concerns of literature, followed by musical event.
Ashish Dwivedi, the founder of The Soultalk said the objective of such events is to motivate and promote new artists and help them network with others and promote mutual learnings.