panaji some of the brightest minds from bangladesh have volunteered to be part of the sixth edition of goa arts and literature festival galf which is scheduled to be held from december 4 to 7 at international centre goa icg dona paula more and more people want to be part of galf because the writers dont just want to address the audience at a litfest but also share views network and intimately interact with fellowwriters galf offers these privileges to them unlike most other literature festivals said arjun harlankar assistant general manager programmes icg the bangladeshi delegation was part of the recently held dhaka litfest and their works are prominent not only in their country but all over the world added harlankar organized by the international centre goa and members of the goa writers group galf 2015 will showcase some of the finest writers poets artists and musicians from pakistan australia new zealand and norway along with those from india all in all 50 outstanding delegates from goa and its diaspora 100 from various parts of india and 50 from other countries will be sharing their works with festival attendees and their contemporaries the countries in focus this year are bangladesh and singapore writer damodar mauzo said this year the focus is on dalit literature and historical books thus eminent historians from around the world will be present at the festival to share knowledge about the past the inauguration on december 10 will feature renowned artist and photographer dayanita singh and eminent poet keki daruwalla and the first official session will feature awardwinning author and historian ramachandra guha in conversation with naresh fernandes of scrollin awardwinning culinary writer naomi duguid will make her india debut at galf so will the highly acclaimed norwegiangoan biographer and critic ivo de figueiredo the lineup of book launches includes the adivasi will not dance by hansda sowvendra shekhar ancestral affairs by keki daruwalla and one point two million by mahesh rao as well as there is more to life than a house in goa by heta pandit and new songs of the survivors by yvonne vas ezdani comedian radhika vaz will also launch her first book and perform at galf and the new yorkbased rapper himanshu suri will return for his fourth festival appearance the annual affair of bookreadings authorconversations panel discussions book launches and performances remains free and open to all with prior registration on wwwgoaartlitfestcom