Personal2Public volunteers, a campaign with the aim of inspiring commuters to use public transport at least twice a week, will be present at the literature festival as well as the metro station to assist the visitors on December 2 and 3.
Shashi Tharoor, Sudha Murthy, German-Israeli writer Tomer Gardi and Dr Abraham Verghese are among the many authors expected to attend the Bangalore Literature Festival, which will be held on December 2 and 3.
In 2015, several writers began returning their awards in protest against the Modi government's silence on rising incidents of communal violence. This 'award wapsi' soon echoed at the Bengaluru Literature Festival. Several writers pulled out of the event, protesting against the views of the co-founder on writers returning awards. Arguing that the festival was bigger than his