Litfest

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  Blog | How To Grieve During A Global Crisis? Leave It Untamed, Like Sandhya Mridul

  I dont think about legacy. The only thing that I do is stay honest on an everyday basis. Maybe thats what creates a legacy of truth," Mridul says about her legacy as an artiste and now writer.

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  JLF Returns To New York: Check Details On Key Events

  The Jaipur Literature Festival is set to return to the US, with the event planned in New York on September 12 and 13. The Jaipur Literature Festival went global for the first time in 2020.

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  Author Rajmohan Gandhi Breaks Down Over "Filthy Lies" About Jawahar Lal Nehru

  Author and historian Rajmohan Gandhi broke down while talking about the country's first Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru at Khushwant Singh Litfest in Kasauli noting that there were "false stories about good man, great man, brilliant man".

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  Conduct Read-A-Thon, Litfest To Celebrate Reading Week: CBSE

  A Read-a-Thon, reading clubs, and Litfest are one of many suggestions by CBSE to affiliated schools to celebrate Reading Week.

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  Opinion: Why I Said What I Said In Pak

  My parting shot was, "I love Pakistan because I love India".

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  From Shashi Tharoor, Praise for PM Narendra Modi Again, With Caveats

  Expressing views that could further upset his Congress party, Shashi Tharoor has ascribed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi a shift in India from the "politics of identity to politics of performance."

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  Shashi Tharoor at Jaipur LitFest Days After Being Questioned on Wife Sunanda's Death

  Congress leader Shashi Tharoor is in Jaipur to take part in the literature festival (LitFest) in conversation with writer Amrita Tripathi and economist Mihir Sharma.

• India, Pakistan, Afghanistan at Jaipur Literature Festival

  Inter-relations of India, Pakistan and Afghanistan today took centrestage at the Jaipur LitFest where panelists discussed the upswing in talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan besides India's ties with its neighbour.

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  Opinion: Tarun Tejpal, Lacerated Again

  Organizers' explanation made things worse, writes Shobhaa De.

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  Tarun Tejpal Dropped From TOI Litfest After Outrage

  Tehelka founder Tarun Tejpal, who has been accused of raping a junior colleague, has been dropped from a literary festival organized by a national newspaper after massive criticism.

• Delhi's first literature festival underway

  Writers are duty bound to provoke thought and prevent degradation in society, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today said at the inaugural edition of Delhi Literature Festival.

• I was 'misunderstood,' says Ashis Nandy for remark on corruption among Dalits

  The Jaipur Literature Festival witnessed fireworks on Saturday after sociologist Ashis Nandy made a controversial comment on corruption and people belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes, which drew a strong response from the audience.

• Rushdie row: Author Vikram Seth slams government

  He did not name Salman Rushdie, he did not name The Satanic Verses. But celebrated author Vikram Seth today slammed the government for its response to the controversy over Mr Rushdie at the Jaipur Literature Festival.

• Rajasthan police invented plot to keep me away, tweets Salman Rushdie

  The Salman Rushdie row that has hung heavily over the Jaipur Literature Festival has just got bigger. Two days after he officially cancelled his visit to the Litfest, citing intelligence reports that the Underworld was out to get him, the author this morning slammed the Rajasthan police accusing them of inventing the plot to keep him away from the ...

• Reading 'The Satanic Verses' in India: Is it Illegal?

  Did Amitava Kumar, Hari Kunzru and other authors who read passages from Salman Rushdie's "The Satanic Verses," which is banned in India, Friday evening at the Jaipur Literature Festival violate Indian law?