19/04/2025
๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐๐ง-๐ช๐ฃ๐จ: ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐
๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐
๐ฃ๐๐ป๐ฒโ๐ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น, held on ๐๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐น ๐ญ๐ญโ๐ญ๐ฎ, was a celebration of stories that heal, empower, and inspire.
Curated around the theme โ๐๐
๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐โ, this yearโs event focused on voices that have overcome challenges, highlighting the role of literature in personal transformation.
Organized by ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป in collaboration with ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ, ๐ฃ๐๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐ ๐๐ง ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐, ๐ก๐๐ธ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ณรฉ, ๐ฉ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ผ๐ผ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐ธ๐๐ต๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ, the two-day festival brought together authors, poets, and changemakers in an inclusive literary space.
The event opened with heartfelt addresses from dignitaries of MIT-WPU including ๐๐ฟ. ๐ฅ. ๐ . ๐๐ต๐ถ๐๐ป๐ถ๐, ๐๐ฟ. ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ป๐ท๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐๐ฒ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ฟโ ๐๐ฟ. ๐ฉ๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ต๐๐น๐ฒ, ๐ ๐ฟ. ๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ (๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐, ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ก ๐ฃ๐๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ), ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ ๐ฟ. ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น (๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟโ ๐ก๐๐ธ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ณรฉ).
Literary stalwarts like ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ต ๐๐ฎ๐ธ ๐๐ถ๐น๐บ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐๐๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ, ๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ผ๐ฟ, ๐๐๐ต๐๐๐ผ๐๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐บ๐ด๐ถ๐ฟ, ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฎ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฒ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ shared experiences on writing, publishing, and translation.
A short film on ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ by the School of Liberal Arts emphasized storytelling for social impact.
Day Two featured a powerful panel โ๐ฆ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ป๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒโ, moderated by Pratibha Nimbalkar Hambarde, and Verses Beyond Sight, a stirring performance by visually impaired poets.
Sessions by ๐๐ฟ๏ฝก ๐ฉ๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ต๐๐น๐ฒ and ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป ๐๐๐๐ป๐ฑ๐๐ฒ deepened the reflections on literatureโs purpose.
This unique festival celebrated the impact of literature and how stories shape a more empathetic, inclusive, and aware society.
๐๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐บ-๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ท๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด.
Together, we aim to create more such spaces that uplift and inspire.
Gratitude to MIT World Peace University, Vaibhav Paliwal, and all collaborators for supporting this celebration of inclusive expression.
Warmly,
Team @ NHRDN and Paalvia Foundation