Pune International Literary Festival 2016. Registered yet?

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Wake up from your slumber guys! The Pune International Literary Festival 2016 is scheduled to be held on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th of September this year. With prominent faces to grace the occasion, it is going to be one grand reunion of the best of literary minds!

Check out the website here and register now!
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