mangaluru come november 3 this coastal city will join ranks of major cities that host their own major literary festival organised by mangaluru literary foundation a group of likeminded individuals at tma pai international convention centre theme for the maiden twoday mangaluru lit fest is the idea of bharat and is an attempt to showcase the idea of bharat ancient indian wisdom of peace brotherhood and universal wellbeingsaraswati samman awardee s l bhyrappa a doyen in field of indian literature will be felicitated with the lifetime achievement award for his immense contributions towards the idea of bharat mangaluru lit fest intends to provide platform for intellectual deliberations on the idea of bharat the festival will be platform for monologues panel discussions conversations book reviews symposiums along with book and art exhibitionprominent litterateurs participating include rajeev malhotra david frawley major gaurav arya retd r jagannathan madhu kishwar sahana vijayakumar shefali vaidya prakash belwade vivek agnihotri sandeep balakrishna anand ranganathan chakravarti sulibele rohit chakratirta shaddalu ranade makarand paranjape and anirban ganguly n vinaya hegde chairman nitte education trust is among the patrons of the eventthe city is an education hub with several medical dental engineering management pharmacy and other professional educational institutions mangaluru lit fest intends to highlight this literary and cultural diversity thus creating conducive platform for thought provoking and captivating intellectual deliberations