About CLF Literati

Ever since its inception in 2013, Chandigarh Literary Society’s premier literary event, Literati has grown exponentially and been one of the most revered, attended and sought-after events on the Indian literary landscape.

The brainchild of Chandigarh Literary Society’s chairperson and Festival Director Dr. Sumita Misra, Literati began with the dream of making Chandigarh the destination of choice for literature lovers.

Held at the iconic Sukhna Lake, the festival reflects the spirit of Chandigarh, and is as modern and vibrant as the City Beautiful itself.

Over the years, Literati has witnessed an amazing line-up of diverse minds, internationally renowned authors, exclusive performances by specially commissioned artists, livewire debates and discussions in multiple languages and book launches.

The festival’s delightfully penned Literati Digest has been running successfully since 2013. It’s the only literature festival in the country held in Hindi, English, Punjabi and Urdu languages.

Literati is a non-aligned platform that aims to gauge and engage, a forum that appeals to a cross section of society. Through interactive events and partnerships with various educational institutions during Literati, we make a special focus to attract the youth to reading, writing and literature.

It believes in open and liberal exchange of ideas and progressive discourse. The CLS and Literati have an impressive media presence and social media following. As it delves deeper into the mindspace, enlightening the intellect, Literati’s threads of spectacular stories and cerebral conversations, thoughts and ideas, imagination and observation, beautifully come together in this rich tapestry of knowledge.

A three-day niche festival, we have had the honor of hosting eminent speakers at Literati from India and overseas including Ruskin Bond, Smriti Irani, Manish Tewari, Amish Tripathi, Ashwin Sanghi, Sonam Wangchuk, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Divya Dutta, Ravinder Singh, Jerry Pinto, Kishwar Desai, Ashok Vajpeyi, Rajdeep Sardesai, Navtej Sarna, Tarek Fatah, Nandita Puri, Pushpesh Pant, Rahul Pandita, Shefalee Vasudeva, Surjit Patar, Rujuta Divekar, Krishna Devulapali, Kamla Kapur, Kiran Nagarkar, Mridula Koshy, Madhulika Liddle, Tavleen Singh, Leila Seth, Ram Verma, Hugh, Coleen Gantzer, Gulzar Sandhu, Khushwant Singh, Shiv Khera, Preeti Shenoy, Neelima Dalmia Adhar, Piyush Misra, Aseem Chhabra, Vineet Bajpai, Columpa Bomb, Lee Maracle, Shauna Singh Baldwin, Jim Davidson, Jerome Armstrong, Prahlad Kakkar, Vibhor Mohan, Sandhya Mridul, Krishanpad Das, Shalini Modi, Amit Lodha and many more.

In December 2021, Literati successfully held its first hybrid edition, on ground and online.

Come, be a lover of words, in the land of Literati.