Shillong Literary Festival opens Thursday with Booker Prize winners Desai, Galgut

Shillong, Nov 11 (UNI) The Shillong Literary Festival, billed as the largest gathering of its kind in the North-East, will commence here in Meghalaya on Thursday at the 100-year-old Ward's Lake. Chief Minister Conrad Sangma will inaugurate the Lit Fest launching three days of books, ideas and conversations. The festival brings together writers, poets, thinkers, artists, performers and literary enthusiasts from Meghalaya, across India and around the world. The inauguration will feature Commissioner and Secretary of the Tourism Department Dr Vijay Kumar D, Padma Shri awardee Hally War, and Booker Prize-winning authors Kiran Desai and Damon Galgut, alongside the launch…