History Literature Festival

We’d love to hear your feedback and suggestions as we take these learnings forward and look ahead to future editions. Signing off for now, and until we return with more conversations, stories, and events. - Team History Lit Fest historylitfest.com

From sponsoring and organising to speaking and volunteering, we’re grateful for the conversations, the energy, and the generosity of everyone who came together. And special thanks to the people of Hyderabad. 💙

🧵 Thank you for showing up and shaping History Lit Fest 2026. 🙌

Thank you, Indivar Kamtekar, @rkarnad , and @muk22 for a compelling session that brought together personal and collective stories of India’s involvement in Britain’s battles, and explored its wider consequences across civilian life and the colonial experience. #HistoryLitFest

Live now on YouTube: A panel that dives into Indians’ experiences and contributions during World War II. 🎥 youtube.com/live/LXZw_9m3Z… 🎙️Indivar Kamtekar | @rkarnad | @muk22 #HistoryLitFest #IndianHistory #WorldWarII

The session draws on oral histories, architectural narratives, and inclusive ways of telling the past. 📍 Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet 🎥 Live on YouTube (link in bio) #HistoricalFiction #Folklore #HistoryLitFest #LoveStories @historyeric @AanchalMalhotra @iamrana

🧵 Aanchal Malhotra, Rana Safvi, and Eric Chopra come together for an engaging conversation that journeys through history, fiction, and folklore, uncovering stories of cities, landscapes, emotions, and lived experiences. @historyeric @itihasology @AanchalMalhotra @iamrana

The conversation examined key science programmes, developmental priorities, and the people and institutions behind them, spanning vaccine development and immunisation science to space research and exploration. #HistoryLitFest #ScienceHistory #IndianScience

🧵Thank you, @ameershahul, @dineshcsharma, and Aparajith Ramnath, for an insightful session tracing India’s scientific journey across life sciences and space science.

Live streaming is available on YouTube. Please check the links in our profile bio and join us for all sessions! youtube.com/live/LXZw_9m3Z… #HistoryLitFest #ScienceHistory #IndiaScience #Hyderabad #EventsInHyderabad

📖 Engineering a Nation: The Life and Career of M. Visvesvaraya | ✍️Aparajith Ramnath Join the authors in conversation, now underway at Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet.

🧵What does India’s scientific journey look like, from vaccines to space exploration? Discover it through the books 📖 Vaccine Nation: How Immunization Shaped India | ✍️ @ameershahul 📖 Space: The India Story | ✍️@dineshcsharma

Discussing historical and ongoing shifts in Hyderabad’s population, culture, and identity. #HistoryLitFest #Hyderabad #IndianHistory 🎙️@YunusLasania @AnujGurwara @serish

Join @serish, @YunusLasania, and @AnujGurwara for a conversation on Hyderabad’s global past, and the role of migration, economic shifts, and local transformations in shaping the city's identity. 📍 Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet 🎥 Live on YouTube (link in bio) #Hyderabad

Starting the day with an engaging conversation on Hyderabad cinema, exploring its ties to language, politics, aspiration, and the changing times that continue to shape it. @yaminikrishna @sv_tweets #HistoryLitFest #HyderabadCinema

Join the authors in conversation with Srinivas Kondra, now underway at HPS, Begumpet. Live streaming is available. Please check the links in our profile bio and join us for all sessions! 👉youtube.com/live/LXZw_9m3Z… #HistoryLitFest #Hyderabad

🧵How is Hyderabad cinema distinct from Telugu cinema, and what does it reveal? Explore these questions through the books 📖 Film City Urbanism in India | ✍️ @yaminikrishna 📖 Politics as Performance: A Social History of the Telugu Cinema | ✍️@sv_tweets

At @HistoryLitFest ! More in the session on history of science on Sunday