That’s where literature gets disrupted.
12–15 NOVEMBER 2026 · BHANDARKAR ORIENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, and Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj Research, Training and Human Development Institute (SARTHI), PUNE
12–15 NOVEMBER 2026 · BHANDARKAR ORIENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, and Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj Research, Training and Human Development Institute (SARTHI), PUNE
मंथन / LITERARY HERITAGE
SANT DNYANESHWAR
The Dnyaneshwari | 13th Century
Translated the wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita from Sanskrit into Marathi, making sacred knowledge accessible to ordinary people.
The Abhangas | 17th Century
Took spirituality beyond temple walls through verses sung in the language of the people, challenging hierarchy and exclusion
Seven hundred years later, that conviction is why this festival exists.
Across 110+ sessions, literature leaves its usual corners and enters conversations about the world we live in.
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प्रदीप कोकरे, पवन नालट, ऐश्वर्य पाटेकर
संवादक : तेजस्विनी गांधी
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लेखिका – हिनाकौसर खान
दिग्दर्शक – रसिका आगाशे
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On Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 November, the Sakal Lit Fest gives young readers a stage of their own. Children meet the people who write their books, draw their cartoons and tell their stories, and then make something of their own.
What’s on
Because preserving a literary tradition doesn’t mean keeping it unchanged.
Sometimes, the best way to honour what came before
is to ask what comes next.
Because the right conversation can change the way you see the world.
Tejaswi Satpute is a highly accomplished 2012-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the Maharashtra cadre. She currently serves as the Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime Branch) for Pune City. Known for her proactive policing, community rehabilitation initiatives, and strict law enforcement, she is widely recognized as one of the most efficient police officers in Maharashtra.
Dr. G.V. Pavan Kumar is a professor of physics at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune. He is a scientist, essayist and podcaster. His research includes light-matter interaction and the history and philosophy of physics. His writings, including long-form essays, have appeared in various international and Indian publications, including Nature Communications, Journal of the Optical Society of America, Resonance, The India Forum and others. He has been blogging on science and its history and philosophy since 2008, and his podcast, Pratidhvani-Humanizing Science, has been consistently rated as one of the top Indian podcasts on science and its history and philosophy.
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