Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai LitFest showcased Food Tales at ‘Culture Grind
Tata
Literature Live! The Mumbai LitFest showcased Food Tales at ‘Culture Grind’
Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai LitFest participated in the ‘Culture
Grind’ the monthly art discovery evening which was held at Bandra Base
on Saturday, 9th November, at 9pm.
Tata Literature Live! The
Mumbai LitFest hosted a session called Food Tales. The session began with the dramatized
readings of food-centric poetry followed by prose pieces.
During the performance, actors Dilnaz
Irani, Tariq Vasudeva, Himanshu Sitlani and Karan Makhija read out a piece
from ‘Love of food’ by the renowned writer Khushwant Singh who is also slated to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award on 14th
November at NCPA. They also read out excerpts about
ridiculous restaurants (Restaurants You
Don’t Eat At by Busy Bee), Food branding (from God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy), and a piece on old people
not dieting (from Mai by Geetanjali
Shree) as well as a piece on the cultural importance
of food from Remembering Kedgeree by
Adrian Carton.
“Literature and food are
man’s best friends. This year, we are trying to bring them together. Every
eats. Everyone should read. Through Food Tales we hope illustrate that there is
great literature in even the most common of topics. What better way to bring
Literature to life.” said Anil Dharker, Festival Director.
More details
about the festival is available on:
·
The festival
website, www.litlive.in
·
Facebook: www.facebook.com/litlive
·
Twitter: www.twitter.com/tatalitlive
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