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" <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 2:12 PM Meera <[email protected]> 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 <http://www.netadata.in> > Co-organiser, Hacks/Hackers New Delhi > Ph: +91 9811824503 > Twitter: @hrvenkatesh >
