7 praveen chandra the founder of the group says our festival began on december 25 with workshops in theatre for children which concluded with the staging of two plays chandra believes that roping in youngsters will ensure that local theatre productions also attract audiences tarun raj also believes that to sustain the momentum local theatre needs to pull up its socks theatre needs constant improvement creativity as well as professionalism which is required to generate interest in people otherwise it will be difficult for local productions to attract audience he says lit fest its fantastic that you can be anonymous and be away from all that politics and aap and tharoor and those controversies this is a cultural melting pot i mean i spent time with amartya sen the day before we were just talking where the hell do you find the time to have a chat with a man like this otherwise then there was peter godwin this place is something else and i think everyone needs one such getaway to recharge