The second edition of the Koshala Literature Festival will include eminent personalities like John Zubrisch, Muzaffar Ali, Tatmanshu Dhulia, Gurcharan, Satyasaran and Pushpesh Pant.

The festival will be organized from February 9 to 11 at La Martiniere’s Boys College in the city.

Festival Director Amitabh Singh Baghel and Editor Prashant Singh said that on the first day on February 9, after lighting the lamp at 1 pm, after the inauguration at 2 pm, C.McFarland’s Legacy of La Martiniere Claude Martin and After Satyasaran’s lecture on ‘Four Interconnected Lives’, Ali Mahmudabad will be in conversation with Gurcharan Das and Jan Zbrsk. Under Sur Sangam, from 5.30 pm, there will be singing by the artist Ustad Ghlam Lasraj Tanyazi of Rampur Sahaswan Gharana who is coming to Hong Kong to participate.
On the second day of the ceremony, on February 10, from 11:20 am, the launch of Tavpul Vashnya’s book Ayodhya along with a conversation with writer Chandrashekhar Verma is scheduled. The new edition of the Asia Book of Records will be launched at 12 noon. Further Sharad Tabandal’s talk with Ishta Singh, Tavarsa e Adab Munshi Naval Takshor’s discussion with Tahmansh Bajpayee and Abhishek Shukla’s Pawan Kumar., Maroof Kalman and Gaurav Prakash talk to Safar Anand, along with introduction speaker Safina Khan, Gurcharan Das will talk about his biography “Another City of Fandom”. Amtabha Singh Baghel will talk to Jan Zbarsk about his new book. Also, in the last session, Saurabhitaveda will talk on the topic ‘Reading in the Age of Reels’ from 4:10 pm.। In the special session at 5.30 pm, poets Chandrashekhar Verma and Prabha Shivastava will be in front of the audience in the program ‘Dadal Ka Kalam Se’. On the last day, on 11th February at 11 am, Gaurav Prakash will talk to Richa Mukherjee on the topic ‘Intelligence in Awadh’. ‘Filmmakers Muzaffar Ali, Gurcharan Das, Jan Zubrsk on the topic ‘Reflection in the Memory of Lucknow’ Pushpesh Pant will be on stage with Tanshi Pandey. Filmmaker Muzaffar Ali will once again confront Satyasaran on the subject of Tasawwuf. ‘In the ‘Sound of Poetry’ session, there will be a musical presentation of Kusturka’s Mimsha Dhapala. Pushpesh Pant and Masterchef Pankaj Bhadorariya will be on stage on the topic ‘Flavors of Awadh’. ‘Filmmakers Tatmanshu Dhulia and Tinish Pandey will be in front of the audience regarding ‘Taksebaazi’. The last Mushaira to be held from 6 pm onwards will include Jazya Alvi, Aqil Nomani, Pawan Kumar, Azhar Iqbal, Manish Shukla and Abhishek Shukla.