Re: [silk] On Lit fests

2017-10-17 Thread maia 
because technical writing, like science communication, is sneered at by the
lit crowd

loosely in the cloud with typos

On 18 Oct 2017 15:28, "Venkatesh H R"  wrote:

> Intriguing question. I think because narrative non-fiction (which requires
> both a writer's skill and a journalist's eye) has become tremendously
> popular in the last 10-20 years? If you're talking just fiction, you won't
> find too many journalists, but the non-fiction field is dominated by
> current and former journalists.
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 9:33 AM, Thaths  wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 2:12 PM Meera  wrote:
> >
> > > Why are literary festivals in India less about literature and more
> about
> > > journalism? That gets them the popularity of course, but where do
> writers
> > > congregate? What do you all think?
> > >
> >
> > Gets whom popularity? The journalists? The organizers?
> >
> > Having never been to a literary festival in India (or anywhere for that
> > matter) I have no useful answers.
> >
> > Thaths
> >
>
>
>
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Re: [silk] On Lit fests

2017-10-17 Thread Venkatesh H R 
Intriguing question. I think because narrative non-fiction (which requires
both a writer's skill and a journalist's eye) has become tremendously
popular in the last 10-20 years? If you're talking just fiction, you won't
find too many journalists, but the non-fiction field is dominated by
current and former journalists.


On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 9:33 AM, Thaths  wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 2:12 PM Meera  wrote:
>
> > Why are literary festivals in India less about literature and more about
> > journalism? That gets them the popularity of course, but where do writers
> > congregate? What do you all think?
> >
>
> Gets whom popularity? The journalists? The organizers?
>
> Having never been to a literary festival in India (or anywhere for that
> matter) I have no useful answers.
>
> Thaths
>



-- 
H R Venkatesh
ICFJ Knight Fellow
Founder, NetaData 
Co-organiser, Hacks/Hackers New Delhi
Ph: +91 9811824503
Twitter: @hrvenkatesh

Re: [silk] On Lit fests

2017-10-17 Thread Thaths 
On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 2:12 PM Meera  wrote:

> Why are literary festivals in India less about literature and more about
> journalism? That gets them the popularity of course, but where do writers
> congregate? What do you all think?
>

Gets whom popularity? The journalists? The organizers?

Having never been to a literary festival in India (or anywhere for that
matter) I have no useful answers.

Thaths

[silk] On Lit fests

2017-10-17 Thread Meera 
Why are literary festivals in India less about literature and more about
journalism? That gets them the popularity of course, but where do writers
congregate? What do you all think?

-Meera

Re: [silk] May be visiting Bangalore/Bengaluru

2017-10-17 Thread silklist 
Thanks for the opportunity and interview.

... still catching up after a wonderful visit to Bengaluru. Got a chance to 
look around the city a bit. For more interesting than just seeing tourist sites 
- like eating lunch at the Orion Mall food court than a fancy restaurant.

My keynote should be online soon and I can send a note when it is.