Jaipur Literature Festival

Sale of e-books not rising, even shrinking in some countries: Damon Galgut

Jaipur Literature Festival 2024: In a conversation with Business Standard, Galgut said currently non-fiction is thriving, and fiction is more under stress

Beyond the author's shadow: Daisy Rockwell unravels a translator's identity

Jaipur Literature Festival 2024: Daisy Rockwell tells Business Standard her philosophy and about growing interest in translations

India needs alternative leadership that understands people's needs: Tharoor

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Sunday accused the Centre of destroying India's democratic institutions and said the country is turning into an "electoral dictatorship". He also took an apparent dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said there has been talk of only one person in the last 10 years and that the country now needs an alternative leadership that will understand people's needs and find solutions to their problems. Tharoor, also an author, made the remarks during a discussion on the book titled "Audacious Hope: How to Save a Democracy" by Indrajit Roy, at the 17th Jaipur Literature Festival here. "We have a parliamentary system which is run by the President. And we should remember the Congress' slogan of 2014 -- 'Not I, We'," the Congress leader said. "However, we have heard a lot of I, my, myself in the last 10 years. There has been talk of only one person," he said without taking any name. Tharoor said the antidote of this "I" is to create a different kind of ...

Rewriting the lit fest script

The criticism that Indian literature festivals prioritise English to the detriment of other languages has sparked off much soul-searching among curators

An illusion that divides

Every debate is recast in left vs right terms in the urban mindscape, but it is hard to tell one from the other

Current govt reduced Parliament to notice board, rubber stamp: Tharoor

The BJP government has successfully reduced Parliament to a "notice board and a rubber stamp", Congress MP Shashi Tharoor alleged at the Jaipur Literature Festival on Friday

Writing is ordinary mundane business, says Abdulrazak Gurnah as JLF opens

Writing is not only about nobility and bravery but about the ordinary mundane business" of keeping alive what is important, Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah said on JLF

Jaipur Literature Festival to be held from Jan 19 to 23 at Hotel Clarks

The sixteenth edition of the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) will be held between January 19-23 at Hotel Clarks, Amer, Jaipur.

JLF's Maldives outing: From Jaipur to London, the lit fest is going places

At most foreign editions, JLF makes some attempt to encourage discussions on issues directly concerning the host city

Nehru for the post-truth era

His legacy has been all but drowned out by social media lies and mainstream media forgeries that have replaced his ideas of a pluralistic, diverse and free India

Digital festivities

The flip side of virtual events is that one does not get to meet fellow attendees, make new friends, or be surprised by the discovery of authors and artists that one knew nothing about

Jaipur Literature Festival postponed to March amid surge in Covid cases

The 15th edition of the Jaipur Literature Festival has now been postponed to March 5-14 in view of the rising number of Covid cases, the organisers said on Friday

JLF 2021: Virtual Jaipur Literature Fest's author book gets fatter

On from February 19 to 28, it is expected to bring the most talked about books, literary themes and authors of 2020 directly to audiences across the world in the comfort of their living rooms

Jaipur Literature Festival debuts in digital avatar on Friday

The 14th edition of the Jaipur Literature Festival 2021, will open on Friday on its brand new virtual platform

Jaipur Literature Festival to be held virtually from February 19 to 28

The 14th edition of the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) will be held virtually from February 19 to 28

"Kaam ki baat" as important as "mann ki baat": Gehlot takes a jibe at Modi

Gehlot said JLF was the place where thinkers across the world came and did "kaam ki baat" along with "mann ki baat".

Why JLF is forever young

This year, my favourite session at JLF was one that wasn't even on the programme, featuring the librarian of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge

Dara Shikoh would have been as cruel as Aurangzeb: Audrey Truschke

Truschke was speaking at the session, "The Great Mughal Debate: What did the Mughals did for us", at the ongoing Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF)

Jaipur Lit Fest helps global authors reach Indian readers: Pulitzer winner

Scottish novelist, playwright and short story writer Irvine Welsh echoed similar sentiments

12th Jaipur Literature Festival: AI, cli-fi, genetics sessions on line-up

The five-day festival to be held at the Diggi Palace in Jaipur from January 24, will see over 350 speakers