In pictures: Day 1 of KLF 2022 celebrates Satyajit Ray, Sri Aurobindo, muse, myths & more

Literary legend Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay lights the Kolkata Literature Festival (KLF) inauguration lamp at the 45th International Kolkata Book Fair

Mukhopadhyay, the chief guest, delivers the inaugural address at the festival of words

An inaugural cultural performance by the students of Sister Nivedita University sets proceedings in motion

Filmmaker and thespian Ashoke Viswanathan moderates the conversation, 'Tomare Selam! 100 Years of Satyajit Ray', involving filmmaker Suman Ghosh and actors Mamata Shankar and Sabyasachi Chakraborty

Authors Sabarna Roy, Vibha Mitra, Suchandra Roychowdhury, Marina Samuel and Prajwal Parajuly talk about how the City of Joy animates their artistic impulse during the session, 'Kolkata, My Muse', moderated by interdisciplinary artist Sujoy Prosad Chatterjee

Internationally renowned scholar and theorist Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak explains the relationship between thought, language and books as part of her keynote speech

A packed SBI Auditorium within the premises of the International Kolkata Book Fair during Day 1 of the KLF sessions

'Revolutionary to Rishi: 150 Years of Sri Aurobindo' witnesses professors Devdip Ganguli, Madhumita Dutta and author Biswajit Ganguly discuss one of the most enigmatic personalities in modern Indian history, with professor Biswanath Ray

Mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik decodes the relevance of myths and mudras in the age of the Metaverse with dancer Shinjini Kulkarni

'Love, Tragedy, Eternity', a dance programme prepared by Dancers’ Guild and Subroto Bose and presented by the Consulate General of Italy in Kolkata, brings the curtain down on the first day of KLF