Valley of Words International Literature and Arts festival witnessed 100 authors, 40 sessions, 9 book launches on 12 and 13 November 2022.
One of the most interesting and watched out session of the festival was the Vox Populi Parliamentarians Debate, where public representatives participated in an engaging dialogue and free-wheeling debate.
The panelists – Dr Ashok Bajpai (BJP), Vivek Krishna Tankha( INC), Sant Balbir Seechewal(AAP), Prof. Manoj Kumar Jha(RJD), Dr. Amar Patnaik(BJD), K. Keshava Rao(TRS), Dr. V. Sivadasan( CPIM), and Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu(YSRC) expressed important insights with respect to challenges and opportunities relating to the topic ‘A double digit growth is only possible with urbanization!?’. The context setting was presented by Rajeev Ranjan Srivastava, Group Editor at Deshbandhu newspaper and DB Live.
The session was curated by academician, author, social entrepreneur Dr Amna. Pointing towards the significance of this segment Dr Amna said that it’s good that we had a diverse panel of MPs to express their views in a meaningful format. She added that our life needs creative inputs wherein artistic aspects are important and deliberations, ideas of public representatives adds new dimensions to our understanding of the present and future.