Comments on: Lahore Literary Festival

By: Dor Gupta

Dor Gupta — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 20:30:51 +0000

I hope to see more literary artists from my country, India, at the LLF in future.

By: Meesaq Husain Zaidi

Meesaq Husain Zaidi — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 05:31:39 +0000

Where are the Karachi Literary Festival reports and photographs ?

By: A Hakim

A Hakim — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 09:38:54 +0000

I have been searching your columns for details of Tariq Ali speech and the conversation between William Dalrymple and Ahmed Rashid with no success. Whats gone wrong?

By: Pro Bono Publico

Pro Bono Publico — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:06:59 +0000

Wrong info here “Manto was his grand-niece Ayesha Jalal ”

Her father Hamid Jalal is a brother of Mrs Manto. She is bhateejee of Mrs Manto and not grand-neice

By: javed iqbal

javed iqbal — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 07:12:39 +0000

The conversation with Bapsi Sidhwa was a real treat. She is a great writer of immense wit, intellegince and satire.She made the evening sparkling with a sprinkle of her bold and frank remarks here and there. Her nostalgic love affair with Lahore came as fresh air. Her talk was so intoxicating and full of sheer power of happiness and love that it touched the minds and souls of all literature lovers and the novices like us alike. It was spell of nostalgia, a trace of humanity and hope for future. Bravo Bapsi, bravo dawn for this wonderful event. Please keep it up for a generation torn between the black spell of hypocricy and dogma.

By: Javed Iqbal

Javed Iqbal — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 06:52:44 +0000

Why and how could dawn skip the converstaion with Bapsi Sidhwa, the last finishing stroke to memorable and most inpirational thing that could happen not just to EL loverers but to the Lahorites in general. It was a gem of a discussion with occational splashing of witty remarks by the author, her bold and frank style, her intoxicating love for Lahore, a complex mixture of wit, intelligence and satire. The graceful mention of her early days and the sweat and toil on the road to become a world acclaimed writer were the things which made it worthwile evening. Bravo LLF 2013.Please keep it up. It is about time we gave create some more space for such bold events in a society marred by hypocricy and dogma.

By: diltoota

diltoota — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 04:50:40 +0000

Beautiful events – and after a long, long time, we all saw Lahore at its supreme prime! Kudos to the organisers and the speakers for keeping the audience completely enthalled and hungry for more for a full 2 days!!!

By: Afsheen Fazal

Afsheen Fazal — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 03:29:45 +0000

It’s so nice to know tht Pakistan still has a soft side to it I hope next time the festival is in Islamabad I would love to go to an event of this stature

By: Javaid Bashir

Javaid Bashir — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 23:50:47 +0000

A welcome surprise for Lahories.We are starved of such literary festivals. All the praise for the oeganizers and literary elite for making it a success. WE need more of the same. WE learned first hand from the writers like Tahimina Durrani about her life after My Feudal lord punlication. She shared her experiece with the participants. Other voices also did justice to their stories. Over all it was well recieved programme. Tariq Ali stood out with his comments in his speech.
WE appreciate Alhamra Art Cpuncil for the literary activity. Keep it up WE need such programmes for our sanity inan atmosphere of terror and fear.
Well done!

By: Pro Bono Publico

Pro Bono Publico — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 15:13:02 +0000

Why no one thought of inviting Prof. Altaf Fatima, novelist, short-story writer, broadcaster, and translator, who has always been in Lahore, and still swriting?