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No one cares about books? Beyond the cynicism, literature festivals tell a different story
February 14, 2026 7:27 am
It is the nature of the intellectual to scorn the masses. Sure, not every attendee is a bibliophile, but if they come for the 'tamasha' and leave with a book, it is a win for literature
‘Will help shift that centre of gravity’: Nobel laureate Esther Duflo on MIT to Zurich shift
January 17, 2026 7:07 pm
Nobel laureate Esther Duflo explains her move from MIT to Zurich as a geopolitical and professional realignment, urging a multipolar approach to development and climate.
From Penelope to Prometheus: Stephen Fry on why Homer's 'The Odyssey' speaks to our 'age of AI'
January 28, 2026 5:47 pm
Author Stephen Fry, while discussing The Odyssey, comes up with a sharp comparison: AI as Prometheus’s fire, a gift that starts as a tool and ends as a test of control
'The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny' was my last chance to write a deep book about India: Kiran Desai at JLF
January 27, 2026 7:24 pm
The loneliness she is interested in is not limited to romance. It extends to the divides between nations, between classes, the distrust between races.
Sidelights: JLF 2026 opens with giant puppets but where is Kiran Desai
January 27, 2026 7:24 pm
The jovial puppets were escorted by hulking camels of dinosaur proportions, and the wail of bagpipes (not the ones from the Scottish Highlands before one cries foul!).
When Gandhi met Tolstoy for the first time in Jaipur
May 22, 2025 3:40 pm
Gopalkrishna Gandhi and Daniil Tolstoy, descendants of two of the most influential thinkers of modern history, explore their extraordinary legacy at the Jaipur Literature Festival.
JLF 2024: 'It's important for people to eat a little less, a little healthy and be mindful': Karen Anand
February 05, 2024 9:29 am
On the sidelines of the literary festival in Jaipur, the food writer and entrepreneur speaks on trends in food and how to be healthy even amid changing eating patterns
How a literature festival celebrated the lived realities of 'minor' languages
December 05, 2021 7:55 am
🔴 The Kokrajhar Literary Festival showed that the civilising missions of the dominant can be radically reversed into transforming themselves, and languages are the best platform towards this
Jaipur Literature Festival to make a comeback in a 'hybrid avatar' next year
November 15, 2021 7:11 pm
In addition to the literary sessions, audiences can also enjoy music sessions with performances by leading artistes.
Jaipur Literature Festival 2021: Taran N Khan on her novel, Shadow City, and to be a female writer today
February 26, 2021 12:39 pm
The author is one of the speakers in the ongoing digital version of Jaipur Literature Festival. In an e-mail interview with indianexpres.com, she spoke about her work, narrative decisions she took along the way, and what is it to be a writer today
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