Kolkata, April 10 (IANS): Issues like challenges in popularising Nepali literature globally, its trends, and its readership in India and South Asia will be discussed at the second Nepali literary symposium beginning here on Saturday.

Over 50 litterateurs from India writing in Nepali and authors, poets, lyricists from the neighbouring Himalayan country will attend the festival at Gorky Sadan, said Bharat-Nepal Janamaitri Sanskritik Manch, the organisers.

Spanning over two days, it will include paper presentations on trends in Nepali literature and renaissance in south Asian literature and will aim to strengthen links between the nations.

Panel discussions will explore relations between Hindi-Nepali literature while recitations will showcase the variety in Nepali, Hindi, Bengali, Maithili and English languages.

A documentary promoting tourism in Nepal will also be screened.

The event is supported by the B.P. Koirala India Nepal Foundation, the Nepal Academy, the Nepal Tourism Board, the Nepalese embassy in New Delhi and the consulate general in Kolkata and the Nepalese Vyavasayik Samiti, Kolkata, the organisers said.