PANAJI
Goa Arts and Literature Festival (GALF) is making a comeback after three years and will be inaugurated on January 19 at 5.30 pm at the International Centre Goa. The keynote addresses on this day will be delivered by the extraordinary Goan military hero Major General Ian Cardozo and 2019 Nobel Prize Winner for Economics, Professor Abhijit Banerjee of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. GALF 2023 will feature its trademark broad mix of exciting book launches, presentations, panel discussions and films, including separate sessions for Major General Ian Cardozo’s acclaimed new memoir ‘Cartoos Saab: A Soldier’s Story of Resilience in Adversity’ at 4 pm on January 20 and Professor Banerjee’s brilliant new cookbook (along with illustrator Cheyenne Olivier) ‘Cooking to Save Your Life’ at 12 noon on January 20.
Other distinguished delegates include the superb poet/novelist Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih, next-gen publisher Trisha Niyogi, pioneering indie publisher Arpita Das Ribeiro, highly-regarded Bangladeshi novelist Iffat Nawaz, and Goa’s own film-maker Bardroy Barretto. The inaugural evening will also see the launch of noted Konkani writer and public intellectual Uday Bhembre’s latest novel, ‘Vhoddlem Ghor’. There will be a sustained focus on Goa’s state language and literature throughout GALF 2023, which will also take the opportunity to celebrate the 2022 Jnanpith Award winner, who is festival co-founder and co-curator Damodar Mauzo.
