For a unique literary and cultural experience in the pristine beauty of Bhutan, the India-Bhutan Foundation presents to all book lovers - Mountain Echoes – a literary festival, in association with Siyahi. Focusing on the magic and mystique of writings of and from the Himalayan regions, the festival will be held from the 20th – 23th May, 2011 in Thimphu, Bhutan. The Queen Mother, Her Majesty Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck is the Chief Patron of the festival. Namita Gokhale is the Programme Consultant for the festival.
Bhutan provides a perfect setting for the festival, which will communicate tales of our shared landscape in the Himalayan region, both as places of ecological and inspirational value and the region's cultural leitmotif redolent with the spirit of the mountains. Surrounded by a sense of serenity and mysticism, come treasure moments of stories being told, poems and songs being sung, signifying a rich exchange of inter-cultural dialogue between the two countries.
Mountain Echoes will provide a platform for authors from India and Bhutan to get together and engage in a cultural dialogue and understand Indian and Bhutanese literature in all its myriad forms and dimensions. The event will also bring some international authors, poets and performers together
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