India, Feb. 4 -- Often when we imagine the setup of a literature festival, we automatically place ourselves in some busy metro city where the attendees are trying to find their own pace. But do we really need to limit ourselves to an urban setup when many of our renowned writers come from villages or much smaller cities? What stops us from taking literature to the very people who are regularly written about? With these questions in mind, co-founders of Bharat Dialogues writer-translator Pooja Priyamvada and brand consultant Vivek Satya Mitram got together to come up with the first edition of the Ghazipur Literature Festival (GLF) held from 7th to 9th November, 2025.

Ghazipur, a district and city in eastern UP, often ends up in the news f...