The fest saw the launch of several books such as Pawan Dhall’s‘Out Of Line And Offline – Queer Mobilizations in 90s Eastern India’, Vikram Kolmannskog anthology ‘Fearless Love’ and others.
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who is known to have been vocal about queer rights in the past, recently appeared as a keynote speaker at the second edition of the Rainbow Lit Fest.
Rainbow Lit Fest, to be held next weekend in Delhi, hopes to stake claim to a space for the queer community, mostly left out by mainstream literature festivals
“The Rainbow Lit Fest – Queer and Inclusive”, conceptualised by author Sharif D Rangnekar, was conceived on the belief that “literature and art should speak for as many as possible, particularly those who aren’t usually heard”.