Mid Day,15 May 2010 The Himalayas are booked With the Bhutan Lit Fest kickstarting tomorrow, literature fests just flew out of stuffy 5-star conference rooms into the wild mountainside. And everyone, even the average book lover, can drop in for free. Sowmya Rajaram finds out why literary agents, best-selling authors and bookphiles are suddenly […]
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Kuensel,16 May 2010 A literary occasion to interact Mountain Echoes 16 May, 2010 – With Bhutan’s first ever literary festival beginning Monday, local writers and readers point out that it is a significant development in establishing a secular literary culture. The three day literary festival, called ‘Mountain Echoes’, will allow Bhutanese authors to meet
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Kuensel,17 May 2010 A celebration of literature The festival that boasts of its diverse programming Mountain Echoes 17 May, 2010 – The day for which the book lovers and literary circles of Bhutan awaited has arrived. Bhutan’s first-ever literary festival, ‘Mountain Echoes’ kickstarts today with Her Majesty the Queen Mother, Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck’s,
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internetroutine.biz,17 May 2010 Mountain Echoes: A Literary Bhutan Festival India-Bhutan Foundation presents Mountain Echoes, the first-ever literary festival to be held in Thimphu, Bhutan from the 17th May to the 20th May 2010. Bhutan festivals attract tourists from all over the world. Those who are making a trip to Bhutan will witness a unique
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Hindustan Times18 May 2010 Mountain Echoes Talk about journalistic privilege. Ambassador and writer Pavan Varma’s beautiful, willowy daughter Batasha looks at me sympathetically when I whisper to her: “I really have to file.” So, notwithstanding her seven-inch heels, she gamely takes me up through the kitchen and service area to her father’s fabulous wood-panelled
Kuensel,18 May 2010 Beyond mere literacy Her Majesty the Queen Mother, Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck, inaugurates the Mountain Echoes literary festival yesterday evening as Indian ambassador Pavan K Varma (Right) looks on. “Becoming Indian: The Unfinished Revolution of Culture and Identity” is launched by Her Majesty Mountain Echoes 18 May, 2010 – A reading
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Asian Window,18 May 2010 Mountain Echoes: Day one Namita Bhandare from Thimphu on Bhutan’s first literature festival: Talk about journalistic privilege. Ambassador and writer Pavan Varma’s beautiful, willowy daughter Batasha looks at me sympathetically when I whisper to her: “I really have to file.” So, notwithstanding her seven-inch heels, she gamely takes me up
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Bhutan Majestic Travel,18 May 2010 Mountain Echoes Her Majesty the Queen Mother, Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck, inaugurates the Mountain Echoes literary festival yesterday evening as Indian ambassador Pavan K Varma (Right) looks on. “Becoming Indian: The Unfinished Revolution of Culture and Identity” is launched by Her Majesty Mountain Echoes 18 May, 2010 – A