The busy folk behind the scenes of any big event are usually taken for granted.
At the Galle Literary Festival, however, the behind-the-scenes folk are very much in the foreground, mixing with the crowd, making sure all goes according to plan, and very visible in their Lit Fest T-shirts.
Aysha Aslam was just 11 years when she saw her elder sister working on beautiful Mehendi art. “I used to get jealous when I saw how beautifully she did it that I also wanted to learn, so I started practising just by looking at her,” says a smiling Aysha.