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India's stories are a necessity for our children to have affirming images of themselves, and to build a strong sense of identity, says Kavita Gupta Sabharwal, co-founder and curator of the Neev Literature Festival (NLF) that has just concluded .
To be held on September 24 and 25, the festival will focus on the power of books to set one free to experience new places of this world in their imagination and explore various cultural perspectives. It will see myriad events with noted authors, librarians, award–winning filmmakers, and storytellers discussing and interacting with the audience on a plethora of topics.The
Growing up, I always thought of events involving religious intolerance in India as rare, one-off incidents. Of course, looking back, I now realise that I didn’t have the full picture. But even then, it is very clear that the rivers of hate and intolerance against minority religions, especially Islam are gushing freely, and terrifyingly.