NEW YORK CITY (TIP): Jaipur Literature Festival, the world’s largest literary festival of its kind, will make its mark at a number of literary and art events in USA this fall. The festival has entered into a collaboration with New York based Museum of Modern Art for hosting three art performances during the Fall 2017. These events will be held prior to the three-day Jaipur Literature Festival scheduled to be held in Boulder, CO, from September 15 to17.

Sanjoy Roy, producer of Jaipur Literature Festival, made this announcement at an event organized by Hindi Sangam Foundation; a New Jersey based educational and cultural organization. The event was held at the Consulate General of India in New York on Tuesday, May 9.

“Our focus is to make literature in all languages accessible to the common man. More than 60 percent of the JLF audience is comprised of young people, who are empowered by such events. We believe in sharing knowledge democratically. It helps us connect with the younger generation who are capable of bringing social change”, said Roy in his address adding that it was an uphill task to popularize literature through festivals.

He informed the audience that about 70 authors from Americas, Asia, Africa, and Europe will attend at Boulder, Colorado festival. They will make presentations, readings, lectures and panel discussions. The three-day festival, hosted by the City of Boulder, will take place at the Boulder Public Library, where a number of activities were planned, including talks, readings, musical performances and writing workshops. The topics at Zee JLF at Boulder 2017 will include migration, U.S. gun culture, nature and the environment, Native American rights, yoga and meditation, outdoor adventure, feminism, constitutions and LGBT, Latino, African American and Native American voices.

“Jaipur Literature Festival, which was launched 17 years ago in Jaipur, attracts thousands of youthful population, is now actively involved in popularizing art and culture in USA”, commented Roy.

Introducing him to the audience, Ashok Ojha, president of Hindi Sangam Foundation, said that Sanjoy Roy received US President’s Committee of Arts and Humanities Award for an international organization.

Another spinoff of the Jaipur Literature Festival emerged at the British library in London where 70 eminent authors and thinkers will showcase South Asia’s multilingual literary heritage at a two-day event on May 20 and 21st. Bollywood produced Karan Johar, author Arundhati Subramaniam and Indian MP Shashi Tharoor are among the participants of the British festival along with Amit Chaudhuri, Meera Syal, Prajwal Parajuly and Lila Azam Zanganeh, all of who will participate in panel discussions at the festival while Swapan Dasgupta and Shashi Tharoor will discuss the relationship between Indian and British author.

Mrs. Purnima Desai, Vice-Chair, Hindi Sangam Foundation welcomed the guests.