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CNNGo,1 June 2010   Mountain Echoes: Bhutan’s Literary Festival CNNGo has the highlights of what you missed at the maiden literature festival set in the Himalayan mountain kingdom capital of Thimphu Mountain Echoes invited local Bhutanese students and entry for all sessions was free. Taking a cue from the immense popularity of January’s two lit […]

Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research,2 June 2010   C-NES Managing Trustee attends first literary festival in Bhutan Sanjoy Hazarika, Managing Trustee, C-NES and renowned author, was invited to the first literary festival held in Bhutan from May 17-21, 2010 at the Himalayan kingdom’s capital of Thimpu. Hazarika, who has visited Bhutan a

The Sunday Guardian,13 June 2010  

Outlook,14 June 2010   

Indian Printer and Publisher,14 June, 2010   Mountain echoes from Bhutan’s first literary festival Bhutan’s first-ever literary festival, Mountain Echoes, was inaugurated by the country’s queen mother Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck and a keynote presentation on Gross National Happiness by prime minister Lyonpo Jigmi Thinley. The festival’s first day took place at the India House

Outlook,15 June, 2010   Literary Tourism: Trailing Authors, Books, Festivals Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Rajasthan… A new breed of tourists are trailing their favourite authors to discover locales set in novels or film adaptations of books, or simply turning into literary junketeers hopping from one festival to another. The annual Jaipur literature festival is

  The Telegraph,17 June 2010   MOUNTAIN ECHOES FROM THE MAGIC KINGDOM A literary festival that started this year in Bhutan brought together an amazing mix of ideas, individuals and experiences, writes Malvika Singh Way to Bhutan: the Samshi gate at Dhupguri It was poetic, lyrical and most unusual. There was none of the hype,

Platform,July 2010