By Najia Nazai

                                         KLF 2014

I used to think that a book fairs is so boring, so I never made my mind to visit it, but last Thursday we were given an assignment by our teacher to write a news story on KLF.

KLF, Karachi literature festival, a book fair….. when I got to know this ,I really didn’t want to visit there  because of my mind set about the book fair, but for assignment I have to visit there keeping my all mind set beside. 

Then along with my friends, i have made a plan to visit there on Saturday together as it was far from our residents.

The shifting of venue, from the far-off Carlton Hotel to a Beach Luxury Hotel was also a happy change. Contrary to the fears aired by the sceptics, the traffic arrangements, including car parking, were commendable.

After a long series of cancelation of our plan, finally we have decided to go on Sunday.

We reached there at about 11a.m. when I visit there I have realized that it’s not just a book fair  

It is a literature festival that brings together and celebrates Pakistani and international authors writing in diverse languages. It features creative writing workshops, debates, discussions, lectures, mushairah, book launches, readings and singings these activities changed my mind.

The members of the managing committee proved to be inspired and tireless as in the past, and the hotel management, from the owners to the workers, were on their toes.

  From a plenty of sessions I have decided to attend the session on “Drama and the small screen” as I found it interesting. It enlightened the pros and cons in TV dramas.

The panelists were Haseena Moin, Attiya Dawood ,Seema Taher Khan ,Sultana Siddiqui, Shakeel and Sarmad Khoosat was the moderator .

 Sultana Siddiqui and Seema Taher Khan who favored an optimistic overview of TV dramas, while scriptwriters Hasina Moin, Attiya Dawood and actor Shakeel complained towards the declining standards of the small screen.

I have found a whole debate much fascinating and factual as TV dramas are now giving competition to talk shows. It is a huge achievement that despite of huge number of channels the public can still recall names of actors and dramas.

Overall it was a great experience there was a lot to learned. You must visit the events you regret because of your stereotypical thinking as sometimes it modify your mentality.