LUCKNOW, Sept. 22 -- Awadhi poetry, prose and culture took centre stage amid literary discussions, storytelling and soulful folk performances on the second day of the 4th Gomti Book Festival at Lucknow University on Sunday.

Anganwadi Library Project, which established libraries in 100 Saksham Anganwadi centres to promote early reading habits among children, was formally announced during the festival, wherein nine Anganwadi workers from Lucknow were felicitated.

Hundreds of schoolchildren from across the city huddled over a giant sheet of paper as they sketched out answers to quirky riddles. In between, they broke into dances to music as they played musical chairs.

Storyteller Ranjeeta Sachdeva took students on a trip to Bundelkhand thr...