Kashmir Literature Festival is a writers' festival of

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focused on promotion of literature such as poetry and

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through literary dialogues, debates and readings. It was first scheduled to be held at

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in September 2011 in the history of Jammu and Kashmir, however it was later cancelled after some writers allegedly protest against the organisers, citing the event will represent the

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in such a manner that could portrait the Kashmir conflict as "normalcy" in the region.

Events

The first event was titled ''Harud'' (autumn) and the second event was titled ''Sounth'' (spring) which was scheduled to be held in February 2015 in collaboration with

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and

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. The second event was held by the

government of Jammu and Kashmir The Government of Jammu and Kashmir is the governing authority of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and its two divisions and 20 districts. Jammu and Kashmir is a union territory in India under the terms of Article 239A (wh ...

after it established its association with NGOs. It was focused on art, literature, media, and cinema among others.

Events

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