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JLF Took JWB To The Lands Of Queen Victoria & Sita On Day 2

On day 2 of JLF, our team gained insight into the life of Queen Victoria through the biography by A.N. Wilson and understood one of the most powerful Indian goddesses, Sita through the writings of aut...

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At JLF, Rana Daggubatti Returns A Girl Fan’s Love In The Most Adorable Way

Day 2 of JLF was starstruck! After Rishi Kapoor talked about his biography, Khullam Khulla: Rishi Kapoor Uncensored, the team of one of the highest grossing Indian films, Baahubali, unveiled the poste...

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JLF: Meeting With This Man At Maylis’ Session Made JWB’s ‘Heart’ Skip A Beat

French writer Maylis de Kerangal, the author of international bestseller 'The Heart,' in conversation with Amrita Tripathi had a bucket full of literary threads for her listeners, gathered at the Durb...

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JLF: Kashmiri Poet, Naseem Shafaie Blames Social Media For Fueling The Kashmir Conflict

Amongst so many sessions held on Day 1 of Jaipur Literature Festival, there was one session on Kashmir, "How Green was my Valley," where Author Neerja Mattoo and Kashmiri Poet Naseem Shafaie talked a...

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At JLF, Anne Waldman Shares With JWB How Her Femininity Guided The Poet Inside Her

Spirituality meets activism meets raging meets writing meets nurturing. Anne Waldman brings together spirits from opposing worlds and imbibes them within to then unleash the power of her mighty...

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JLF Day 1: Man Booker Prize Winner, Paul Beatty ‘SellsOut’ The Real Perception Of Blackness

He seemed really uncomfortable. It was a task getting words out of him. His discomfort fuels his writing he says. That's where he writes from. This is why my question to Paul Beatty, the winner o...

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JLF DAY 1: Patricia Forde Opens A Secret To JWB How To Grow A Child Into A Wordsmith

Stories, stories, stories, and the power of imagination. I am shaking with joy as I write this. Patricia Forde is a magician. She has always been. So she tells us. As a child, she was chided b...

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JWB Finds Out What Namita Gokhale Left Behind In Her Latest Novel

“Before writing this novel, I asked myself, ‘Do I need to write this book? The world can do without another book from Namita Gokhale." "‘One story is left unsaid’ something within me answer...