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BLF SPEAKERS
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Rishi Ram Adhikari
Rishi Ram Adhikari is a visionary social entrepreneur, publisher, and cultural organizer working at the intersection of literature, digital innovation, and global community engagement. He is the Co-Founder of Kitab Yatra, Nepal’s leading online bookstore platform, and the Chairman of Yatra Publishing House, through which he actively supports and publishes contemporary literary works. As Chairman of the Kitab Yatra Foundation and Festival Director of Kitab Jatra, Rishi Ram has transformed traditional book celebrations into an international cultural bridge—leading festival editions across Nepal, India, the UK, and the USA. Bringing a poet’s creative sensibility to his entrepreneurial endeavors, Rishi Ram remains committed to cultivating a robust reading culture and strengthening the literary ecosystem for the global Nepali diaspora.
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Anamika
Bhawana Somaaya
Daisy Rockwell
Geetanjali Shree
Ghazala Wahab
Harish Bhat
Hindol Sengupta
Kanishka Gupta
Lalit Kumar
Maitreyee B Chowdhury
Makarand R Paranjape
Mani Rao
Ranjit Rae
Sayantan Ghosh
Shaan Kashyap
Vineetha Mokkil
Vivek Shanbhag
Sudhir Chandra
Sanjeev Sanyal
Ravi Venkatesan
Poonam Saxena
Subi Taba
Vineet Nayar
Tabish Khair
Baabusha Kohli
Shri.Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar
Banu Mushtaq
Arjun Subramaniam
Shashi Shekhar
Shishir Sinha
Udayan Vajpeyi
Shobhaa De
Priyanka Sarkar
Mahua Sen
Vyomesh Shukla
Alok Dhanwa
Akhilesh
Ashish Tripathi
Badri Narayan
Dhananjay Singh
Prabhat Ranjan
Priya Doraswamy
Ravi Singh
Anurag Basnet
Salma
Awadhesh Pradhan
Nirmala Putul
Sanjeev Paliwal
Yatish Kumar
Geet Chaturvedi
Taranand Viyogi
Madhu Kankaria
Moid Rasheedi
Shailesh Bharatwasi
