lucknow literature is not just about reading books it is more about feeling understanding and living our life with it literature is the reenactment of life itself in beautiful wayseminent authors took students and teachers on a literary journey by making them understand the true meaning of literature diverse career opportunities and latest good reads during the metaphor litfest spring edition2021 inaugurated at lucknow universitys malviya hall on fridaythe sevenday virtual event is being organized by lucknow expressions society in collaboration with lucknow universitys department of english and modern european languagesdirector producer and actor raj bisaria who was the chief guest on the occasion emphasized how his university days played a crucial role in helping him pursue his passion for theatre acting and writing in the last three decades the university has not given many writers and poets as literary clubs are not that active as they used to be in our times just saying that literature is a part of life is not enough it should be made one literature is the reenactment of life itself in beautiful ways said bisariaprof bisaria was felicitated for his contribution to the field of literaturethe third issue of rhetorica quarterly a literary journal of arts managed by the department of english and modern european languages was also launchedliterary events like metaphor connect peoples hearts and minds and also provide a wonderful platform to showcase the works of writers and poets said career counsellor and educationist amrita dassa poetry reading session naye lekhak naye tevar was conducted by the students of the department during which the students read poems on the journey of women and patriarchydirector school of foreign languages and professor of english at indira gandhi national open university new delhi prof nandini sahu urdu poet aisha ayub poet novelist and associate professor of english at delhi university anamika and head of lucknow universitys english department ranu uniyal recited their works during the session