Thursday, 20 February 2014

By RIDA HUSSAIN

The world of literature-Karachi literature festival


Besides the bank of Kemari port, Karachi city at beach luxury hotel hosted its 5th annual Karachi literature festival.

The three day festival accommodated an overwhelming number of visitors each of its day. The literature worlds set at the beach luxury hotel featured various book launching ceremonies for book lovers each day. Whereas the presence of the celebrity guests such as Samina Ejaz , Sarmad Sultan Khoosat, Bushra Ansari added an extra flavor of charm to the festival attracting huge listeners.

I personally enjoyed the in -conversation session with the Uzma Aslam khan based on her recent best-selling novel “thinner than skin” which has also been selected for the Man Asian literay prize. Thus the conversation of 60 minutes acknowledged me about the magnificent work our Pakistani writers are doing at the international level representing yet also raising the voice for Pakistan through their refined and pure art of “writing” such as the letter to Obama in 2008 and the article on condemning the killing of foreign tourists at Nanga Parbat.


If asked to compress the whole new experience into words it was yet another exhilarating experience in my life to get more acquaintance with every expressions of literature be it -the charisma of performing arts or the written masterpieces by various writers.

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