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Jaipur Literature Festival
Jaipur Lit Fest Begins Today, With Parties, Concerts, Launches
Beware of the fever that strikes on Saturday night if you are at the City Palace gates on February 3
01 Feb 2024 12:07 AM
2023 will see new JLF edition in Europe
The iconic festival opens its doors to visitors in Jaipur on Jan. 19
07 Jan 2023 10:05 AM
Sucheta Dasgupta | Festival of ideas
Big minds jousted spiritedly on JLF-2022’s hybrid arena
12 Mar 2022 2:24 AM
Sucheta Dasgupta | JLF 2021: Tharoor skewers Sandel
It’s not just about creative writing; the Jaipur Literature Festival is a festival of ideas
28 Feb 2021 4:35 AM
Being a wannabe, being a writer, being a bit or a lot of both
Namita Gokhale writes this novel with a gaze that is remarkably dispassionate, throwing open a literary cocoon to artful scrutiny
15 Mar 2020 2:14 PM
Dia’s ‘tear’rible save
Dia’s breaking down while speaking at the “climate emergency” session, brings home internet trolls by the hundreds.
29 Jan 2020 12:45 AM
Hope I will never be a ‘former writer’: Shashi Tharoor
A “book of words” by him, with anecdotes attached to each of them, will be published by Penguin sometime in the first half of this year.
25 Jan 2020 6:28 AM
Short and lively first look at Jaipur 2020
The festival began with the launch of Namita’s novel, Jaipur Journals.
13 Dec 2019 2:17 AM
Part of tree falls at Jaipur Literature Festival, 4 hurt
The festival organisers said four people were administered first aid. The statement said precautionary measures have been taken.
25 Jan 2019 5:20 AM
Polls will be battle for India’s soul, says Shashi Tharoor
Tharoor, at Jaipur litfest, says fundamentally different idea of nation being advocated.
25 Jan 2019 12:01 AM
Of UK’s ‘Jaipur litfest’ & ‘vintage ball’
One of the highlights was an interaction between Javed Akhtar and Shabana Azmi with Saif Mahmood on Jan Nisar Akhtar and Kaifi Azmi.
11 Jun 2018 5:12 AM
Constitution, Deen Dayal can’t go together: Tharoor
Mr Tharoor said Upadhyay believed the Constitution “rests on the flawed premise that the nation is a territory of India and all the people on it”.
29 Jan 2018 1:15 AM
Constitution and Upadhyay cannot go together: Shashi Tharoor to Modi
Tharoor said there was a dire need for Hindus to stand up and recognise what was being done 'in their name' and speak out against it.
28 Jan 2018 6:55 PM
Manto is so relevant today, his work is best way to respond to contemporary times: Nandita Das
Das said she chose Manto as a subject for her film not because of his religion or nationality, but for what the writer stood for.
28 Jan 2018 10:05 AM
Oxford Dictionaries chooses ‘Aadhaar’ as Hindi word of 2017
The word gained popularity due to Aadhaar card, which was in news in 2017 and is likely to remain in highlight in 2018 as well.
27 Jan 2018 7:41 PM
Sanjay Leela Bhansali invites Karni Sena for pre-screeing of ‘Padmaavat’
Founder of Karni Sena said he might see the film on a condition that it would be shown to all those people who were not shown earlier.
20 Jan 2018 8:15 PM
Former Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit pens autobiography
The book also sheds light on how Ms Dikshit never wanted to be in politics.
19 Jan 2018 12:58 AM
Authors shy away from talking about sex at JLF
The one thing that strikes about the event is the sense of fellowship that extends beyond readings.
23 Jan 2017 6:16 AM
Rajini’s daughter takes the bull by horns in Jaipur
With two more days to go let’s keep fingers crossed. The last session of the fest is reserved for a political debate.
22 Jan 2017 4:36 AM
Bollywood personalities rule second day of JLF
After the grand opening day, and the buzz that has garnered reams of newsprint and television coverage across the world.
21 Jan 2017 5:31 AM
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