Dehradun, Aug. 26 -- Interview

Arun Pratap Singh of GP caught up with Sanjeev Chopra as he gives final touches to the schedule of the IXth Edition of VoW

Most literature festivals are named after the host city. Why did you choose a different name?

Thank you for this question. Readers will recall that the first report on the preparatory meeting for this festival was published in the GP back in March 2017. In the first meeting, the proposed name was Dehradun Literature and Arts Festival. But we felt that naming a festival after a city - however iconic - can suggest that not enough thought has not gone into the curatorial policy: What are we setting out to do? Is it just an assemblage of authors and artists coming together to showcase the...