Asia's Biggest International Literary Festival 'Unmesh'

• 07 Aug 2023

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Asia's largest International Literature Festival 'Unmesh' organized from August 3 to 6, 2023 at Rabindra Bhawan, Bhopal on the occasion of Amrit Mahotsav of Independence with a pledge to take literature to the masses, create and preserve literature .

Key Points:

• Literature festival Unmesh is Asia's largest international festival. It was organized under the joint aegis of Sahitya Akademi and Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi.
• In this event, activities related to literature took place during the day and a colorful program of cultural presentation was organized in the evening.
• More than 575 writers from 100 languages participated in more than 75 programs in this literature festival. Writers from 13 other countries also participated in the event.
• It is known that this is the second edition of Unmesh. Along with the International Literature Festival, a national festival of folk and tribal performing arts titled Sangeet Natak Akademi Utkarsh was also organized in this event.
• It included poetry, story-telling, Indian poetry, Indian devotional literature, Sagar literature, India's cultural heritage, the principle of segregation in Indian plays, unity in diversity, India's gentle strength, cinema & literature, dissemination of Indian literature in foreign languages, literature and nature of doctors, the rise of machines, authorless literature, creative education.