patna a galaxy of eminent literary persons are expected to participate in the first ever twoday patna literature festival from march 23 patna lit festival would be held on the pattern of jaipur festival from now onwards it would be an annual affair in the city said organisers of the festival prominent among those who have already confirmed their presence at the literature festival are pawan k varma gyan prakash aruna gill namita devidayal alok rai biman nath subodh lal subhadra sengupta anuja chauhan binoy behl tarun tejpal nilesh mishra all english mrinal pande arun kamal usha kiran khan om thanvi uday narayan singh aruneesh neeran mithileshwar naseera sharma pundit rajan and sajan mishra and alok dhanwa all hindi among urdu poets jabir hussain qasim khurshid farhat shahzad abdul samad asghar wajjahat have given their consent to participate in the fest said the main organiser dr ajit pradhan citys leading cardiac surgeon on the inaugural day first session would be devoted on a panel discussion on searching for identity language literature and culture in emerging india in which pavan k varma mrinal pande alok rai and jabir hussain would participate renowned literary persons including uday narain singh nilay upadhyaya quasim khursheed and alok dhanwa would participate in the poetry recitation session writers like gyan prakash binay k behl and biman nath would focus on the rise of consciousness buddha in the new times post lunch session in urdu zubaan ka mustaqbil session personalities like farhat shahzad asghar wajjahat subodh lal and abdul samad would participate a call from a distance dalit writing and readership bajrang bihari tiwari will be in conversation with charu kartikeya andazebayan the tradition of singing and performance in bihar would be presented by padmashri gajendra narayan singh and prabhat ranjan the famous artist kumud diwan would be performing thumri kajri and chaiti on march 23 evening and kathak dancer swati sinha would giver her performance on march 24 patna lit festival would be organised under the banner of navras school of performing arts nspa a city based cultural outfit nspa aims to promote propagate and preserve hindustani classical music dance and other performing arts in its pure form nspa endeavour shall be to sustain and revive classical heritage of music dance and drama as well as carry out research to bring to the forefront many of our lost vocal and visual traditions said dr pradhan head of the nspa