Jaipur Lit Fest: More money, less literature?

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  • Published On: January 24, 2013
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The Social Network discusses the Jaipur Literature Festival and its inaugural speakers Mahasweta Devi, Pico Iyer trending on Twitter. We also discuss if the #JLF is actually a vibrant space where upcoming commercial novelists rub shoulders with literary giants or stalwarts like Devi, as a tweet puts it, 'a scoop' for the heavily commercialized fest.

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