…and the Gardens are Quiet!
March 4, 2019
So, the 10th Karachi Literature Festival (#KHILF) ended
happily & successfully in spite of border tensions, transport disruptions
and stoppages.
I found this event quite different from the previous eight KLFs I’ve
been to (these last seven at Beach Luxury Hotel @beach_luxury itself) – it truly
was targeting the “younger” literary mind!
You could tell with this by quality of the audiences – while I met so
many of the associates and friends I have made over these eight years - there
were newer & younger faces too.
Also, the authors who were presenting various topics and book
launches were a younger lot. I enjoyed
Haris Khalique’s book launch on his poems - I never thought I would actually like
poetry or prose but there were short poems aimed towards the humanitarian crisis
around the world.
The Chief Minister of Sindh, Murad Ali Shah’s, presence (alongwith
Dr Shamshad Ahmed) for Dr Ishrat’s Hussain’s book launch on the Sindh Economy
was also an excellent intellectual discussion – where the Chief Minister, Dr Shamshad
& Dr Ishrat giving specific, concise accounts of what’s needed, where we’ve
failed, where we need to do more and the way forward.
The new advisory board of KLF working with OUP (Oxford University
Press) has helped open the floor to a wider audience – and I think that success
was apparent to see.
Good luck to OUP, future KLFs and all the literature &
literary events all over the Country for the future- we need more of these in #Pakistan!
My family’s & my sincere thanks to the entire Hotel team for
putting up excellent preparations for the 10th KLF!
… and now the Beach Luxury hotel needs to revert back to normal
hotel operation mode (from an exciting weekend).
'twas a great job, the ambiance, the setting, the venue, the menu, the coffee, the arrangements, the coordination, the staff, the people, you yourself and all coordinating elements, especially rad and flawlessly executed.
ReplyDeleteThanks D!!
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Thanks a lot Faeez. Appreciate it.
DeleteBut due kudos to you, OUP team and management and Beach luxury team.