Sahitya Akademi will be organising “Festival of Letters 2025”. Who will be the Chief Guest?

The Correct Answer is ​Mahesh Dattani.

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•  Sahitya Akademi will be organising “Festival of Letters 2025”.

Key Points

• The Festival of Letters 2025 will be organized by Sahitya Akademi, India's premier literary institution under the Ministry of Culture.
• The festival will take place from 7th to 12th March 2025 at Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, and will be inaugurated by Union Minister for Culture and Tourism,  Gajendra Singh Shekhawat.
• Mahesh Dattani, a renowned English Playwright, will be the chief guest of the award ceremony, where Sahitya Akademi Awards will be presented in 23 languages.
• The Samvatsar Lecture will be delivered by Upamanyu Chatterjee, a prominent Writer and Scholar.
• The festival will focus on Indian Literary Traditions, with a National Seminar on this topic during the last three days of the festival.
• It will feature a diverse range of writers, including Young Writers, Women Writers, Dalit Writers, Writers from North East, Tribal Writers, and LGBTQ Writers and Poets, among others.
• A daylong programme for children, called Spin A Tale, will be organized on the final day of the festival.
• Cultural performances by eminent artists like Rakesh Chaurasia (flute), Nalini Joshi (Hindustani Vocal), and Fouzia Dastango and Ritesh Yadav (Dastan-e-Mahabharata) will be organized during the festival.
• The Festival of Letters has been recognized as India’s most inclusive literature festival since 1985, making it a significant event in India's literary calendar.