chandigarh celebrating 70 years of indian independence this years khushwant singh literary festival dedicated to the education of girl child and indian soldiers will see famous writer vikram seth and former bjp leader arun shourie among other writers from author sheela reddy giving insights into the life of mrs jinnah to actorcumpolitician shatrughan sinhas session on khamosh this years kasauli lit fest will cover a wide range of topics including mythology and environmentunlike previous years literature sessions will begin in the morning the music which forms a significant part of this festival will be centred around 70s sufi fusion and music from each decade will be playedthe sixth edition of the festival will be held from october 6 to 8 it will be inaugurated by shourie the first session on how to recognise rulers for what they are will be delivered by shourie followed by a session on khushwant singhs insights for indians at 70 congress mp vijay tankha and nelima dalmia adhar who has authored books including father dearest and the secret diary of kasturba will share their viewsconsidering the environmental issues a session on the ecology of himachal pradesh by pranay lal will be organised while addressing mediapersons here on wednesday rahul singh a writer journalist and editor who has penned among other books an engaging biography of his father khushwant singh in the name of the father said one of my great concerns is ecology nature and environment so we have got environment writer pranay lal who has written a book called indica a deep natural history of the indian subcontinent which i have been reading since i will be interacting with him it is a book on the ecology of india but here in kasauli he will be talking about the ecology of himachal pradeshsheela reddy will provide insights into the littleknown mrs jinnah the wife of pakistans founder journalist bachi karkaria will interact with writer farrukh dhondy on the sensational nanavati case which changed indias judicial system a session on decoding human the many faces in many ramayanas will be discussed by author devdutt patnaik moreover there will be bollywood actors including anupam kher and asha parekh speaking at the lit festbox3day event begins tomorrowday 1sessiontopic time speakerhow to recognise rulers for what they are 1105am to1130am arun shouriekhushwant singhs insights for indians at 70 1130am to 1230pm vijay tankha neelima dalmia adhar and pavan vermathe ground beneath our feet 3pm to 345pm pranay lalthe people next door the curious history of indias relations with pakistan 445pm to 545pm tca raghvankhamosh 630pm to 730pm shatrughan sinhaday 2in hot blood 230pm to 330pm bachi karkariamr and mrs jinnah 430pm to 530pm sheela reddythe hit girl 530pm to 630pm asha parekhday 3making of a bestseller 70 secrets condensed 1125am to 1215pm ashwin sanghi ranjana senguptabattleground chhamb 1215pm to 110pm gen a j s sandhu retdlessons