Dehradun: 'Ghummakkad Narain', a travelling literature festival for children started in the memory of Thakur Vishva Narain Singh (the first braille editor of the country at the Dehradun-based National Institute of Visually Handicapped), will arrive in the state on Saturday. The festival is held under the aegis of UNESCO.The fest is being organised since 2010 by NGOs Nivesh and Himalayan Hub for Art, Culture and Heritage (HHACH) to support Indian government efforts to provide right to education to every child. It aims to celebrate and inculcate the habit of reading with activities like creative writing, book reading, illustration workshops and puppet shows. The activities include creations of a wide range of illustrators, writer and performers from both India and abroad.Renowned personalities like Bhaavna Arora, Vikrant Khanna, Dinesh Chamola and culture and education specialist Shaguna Gahilote will interact with children at the fest. The sessions will be held between 9am to 10am at Heritage School, from 10:30am to 1pm at Jaswant Modern School and from 2 pm to 3 pm at Alayaa Studio, in association with the DIT University.Speaking to TOI, the festival organiser Rachna Bisht, said, "We decided to start the Ghummakkad Narain fest in memory of my father as he was fond of books and always encouraged children children to read. It is the seventh anniversary of the fest and we are proud that the fest has helped so many children take up reading."Being a travelling festival, it went to Delhi this February with its session on oral storytelling, called 'Kathakar', and now it will arrive to its place of origin on Saturday.The festival later will travel to Shimla in October and to Delhi, Bangalore and Mumbai in November.

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