The Hyderabad Literary Festival is a truly local mela, mixed in with the flavours of other regions of the country and of course the world. In this episode, we speak to some of the many who have participated in the festival in different ways, from organizing it to funding it to bringing in the books and art and discussion, to simply reveling in it.

Featured in the episode are:

Jayesh Ranjan, Festival Director and Principal Secretary, Industries & Commerce and Information Technology, Government of Telangana

Sadhana Ramchander, Editor, and Founder, Blue Pencil Infodesign

Kalpana Kannabiran, Sociologist and Legal Scholar, Director, Central for Social Development

Aparna Rayaprol, Professor, Department of Sociology and Trustee, Rayaprol Literary Trust

Seetha Anand Vaidyam, Early Childhood Educator

Serish Nanisetti, Journalist and Author

Uday Rao, Orient Blackswan Limited

You can find all the sessions of HLF2021 on the YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQMVlk0wc0EcvwNXzMvFQeA