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Times Litfest Delhi 2017: Day 1

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Times Litfest Delhi 2017: Day 1

Eminent author Nayantara Sahgal receives the Lifetime Achievement Award on Day 1 of the Times Litfest Delhi 2017, held at the India Habitat Centre, in New Delhi, on November 25, 2017.

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Shobhaa De and Manu Joseph and Vinita Dawra Nangia

Shobhaa De and Manu Joseph in conversation with Associate editor, Times of India and Write India, Director Vinita Dawra Nangia during the Write India session on Day 1 of Times Litfest Delhi 2017, held at the India Habitat Centre, in New Delhi, on November 25, 2017.

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Swara Bhaskar at Times Litfest Delhi 2017

Actress Swara Bhaskar speaks on ‘Being a woman in Bollywood’ on Day 1 of Times Litfest Delhi 2017, held at the India Habitat Centre, in New Delhi, on November 25, 2017.

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Amrita Narayanan

Amrita Narayanan in conversation with Tulika Rattan about ‘Sense and sensuality: mapping erotic imaginations in India’ on Day 1 of Times Litfest Delhi 2017, held at the India Habitat Centre, in New Delhi, on November 25, 2017.

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Amrita Narayanan

Amrita Narayanan speaks on ‘Sense and sensuality: mapping erotic imaginations in India’ on Day 1 of Times Litfest Delhi 2017, held at the India Habitat Centre, in New Delhi, on November 25, 2017.

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Sunita Narain

Sunita Narain speaks on challenges in protecting India's environment during keynote address on Day 1 of Times Litfest Delhi 2017, held at the India Habitat Centre, in New Delhi, on November 25, 2017.

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Baba Ramdev during Times Litfest Delhi 2017

Baba Ramdev speaks about ‘Dharma in India’ on Day 1 of Times Litfest Delhi 2017, held at the India Habitat Centre, in New Delhi, on November 25, 2017.

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Baba Ramdev during Litfest 2017

Baba Ramdev during Times Litfest Delhi 2017, held at the India Habitat Centre, in New Delhi, on November 25, 2017.

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Stand up comedian Nishant Tanwar

Stand up comedian Nishant Tanwar during Times Litfest Delhi 2017, held at the India Habitat Centre, in New Delhi, on November 25, 2017. (Photo: Tarun Rawat)

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Nishant Tanwar during Times Litfest Delhi 2017

Stand up comedian Nishant Tanwar during Times Litfest Delhi 2017, held at the India Habitat Centre, in New Delhi, on November 25, 2017. (Photo: Tarun Rawat)

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Swapna Liddle

Author Swapna Liddle speaks on ‘Tracking the Dilliwallah: Violent histories and refined tastes’ on Day 1 of Times Litfest Delhi 2017, held at the India Habitat Centre, in New Delhi, on November 25, 2017. (Photo: Tarun Rawat)

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Aanchal Malhotra, Rana Safvi and Sadia Dehlvi at Times Litfest

Author Aanchal Malhotra in conversation with Rana Safvi and Sadia Dehlvi on Day 1 of Times Litfest Delhi 2017, held at the India Habitat Centre, in New Delhi, on November 25, 2017. (Photo: Tarun Rawat)

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Author Anuja Chauhan at Times Litfest 2017

Author Anuja Chauhan speaks about her new book ‘Baaz’ on Day 1 of Times Litfest Delhi 2017, held at the India Habitat Centre, in New Delhi, on November 25, 2017. (Photo: Tarun Rawat)

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Anuja Chauhan

Anuja Chauhan talks about her new book ‘Baaz’ on Day 1 of Times Litfest Delhi 2017, held at the India Habitat Centre, in New Delhi, on November 25, 2017. (Photo: Tarun Rawat)

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Rana Safvi and Sadia Dehlvi at Times Litfest Delhi 2017

Authors Rana Safvi and Sadia Dehlvi during Times Litfest Delhi 2017, held at the India Habitat Centre, in New Delhi, on November 25, 2017. (Photo: Tarun Rawat)

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Shashi Tharoor

Shashi Tharoor speaks during the keynote address on ‘Towards a new India: blueprint for a progressive Indian’ on Day 1 of Times Litfest Delhi 2017, held at the India Habitat Centre, in New Delhi, on November 25, 2017.

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Kamal Haasan

Kamal Haasan in conversation with Rahul Shivshankar during Times Now session on Day 1 of Times Litfest Delhi 2017, held at the India Habitat Centre, in New Delhi, on November 25, 2017.

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Kamal Haasan

Kamal Haasan speaks during Times Now session on Day 1 of Times Litfest Delhi 2017, held at the India Habitat Centre, in New Delhi, on November 25, 2017.

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Amish Tripathi at Times Litfest 2017

Author Amish Tripathi in conversation with Vikas Singh on Day 1 of Times Litfest Delhi 2017, held at the India Habitat Centre, in New Delhi, on November 25, 2017.

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Amish Tripathi during Times Litfest Delhi 2017

Author Amish Tripathi speaks during the Times Litfest Delhi 2017, held at the India Habitat Centre, in New Delhi, on November 25, 2017.

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Kiran Nagarkar at Times Litfest Delhi 2017

Novelist Kiran Nagarkar speaks on ‘Soldiers of god: society, religion, nation and the novelist's imagination’ on Day 1 of Times Litfest Delhi 2017, held at the India Habitat Centre, in New Delhi, on November 25, 2017.

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Jayant Sinha

Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Jayant Sinha speaks on ‘The role of India in the global economy’ during the keynote address on Day 1 of Times Litfest Delhi 2017, held at the India Habitat Centre, in New Delhi, on November 25, 2017.

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Y. Venugopal Reddy at Times Litfest Delhi 2017

Former RBI Governor Y. Venugopal Reddy speaks on his book ‘My life in public service’ on Day 1 of Times Litfest Delhi 2017, held at the India Habitat Centre, in New Delhi, on November 25, 2017.

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Shobhaa De during the Write India session

Manu Joseph looks on as Shobhaa De speaks during the Write India session on Day 1 of Times Litfest Delhi 2017, held at the India Habitat Centre, in New Delhi, on November 25, 2017.

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Shobhaa De, Namita Gokhale

Shobhaa De and Namita Gokhale during the Write India session on Day 1 of Times Litfest Delhi 2017, held at the India Habitat Centre, in New Delhi, on November 25, 2017.

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Kailash Satyarthi

Guest of honour Kailash Satyarthi speaks during the Day 1 of the Times Litfest Delhi 2017, held at the India Habitat Centre, in New Delhi, on November 25, 2017.

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Jairam Ramesh

Jairam Ramesh speaks during the session of 'Indira Gandhi and the environment' on Day 1 of Times Litfest Delhi 2017, held at the India Habitat Centre, in New Delhi, on November 25, 2017.

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Mahesh Rangarajan

Mahesh Rangarajan speaks during the keynote address 'Nature and the nation: science, society and ecology' on Day 1 of Times Litfest Delhi 2017, held at the India Habitat Centre, in New Delhi, on November 25, 2017.

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Bachi Karkaria

Bachi Karkaria speaks during 'Times Books Session' on Day 1 of Times Litfest Delhi 2017, held at the India Habitat Centre, in New Delhi, on November 25, 2017.

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Times Litfest Delhi 2017: Day 1

Associate editor, Times of India and Write India, Director Vinita Dawra Nangia, Ashwin Sanghi and Anand Neelakantan during the Write India session on Day 1 of Times Litfest Delhi 2017, held at the India Habitat Centre, in New Delhi, on November 25, 2017.

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Raja Mohan

Raja Mohan speaks during release of Times book 'Indía-Pakistan: Destined to Fight' on Day 1 of Times Litfest Delhi 2017, held at the India Habitat Centre, in New Delhi, on November 25, 2017.

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C. Raja Mohan

C. Raja Mohan during the release of Times book, 'India-Pakistan: Destined to Fight' on Day 1 of Times Litfest Delhi 2017, held at the India Habitat Centre, in New Delhi, on November 25, 2017. (Photo: Neeraj Paul)

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TCA Raghavan and Indrani Bagch

TCA Raghavan and Indrani Bagch during the release of Times book, 'India-Pakistan: Destined to Fight' on Day 1 of Times Litfest Delhi 2017, held at the India Habitat Centre, in New Delhi, on November 25, 2017. (Photo: Neeraj Paul)

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Naina Lal Kidwai

Naina Lal Kidwai speaks on her new book 'Crooked minds: Creating an innovative society' on Day 1 of Times Litfest Delhi 2017, held at the India Habitat Centre, in New Delhi, on November 25, 2017.

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Bachi Karkaria at Times Litfest Delhi 2017

Bachi Karkaria in conversation with Gautam Siddharth on Day 1 of Times Litfest Delhi 2017, held at the India Habitat Centre, in New Delhi, on November 25, 2017.

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Kiran Karnik attends the session of Naina Lal Kidwai's new book 'Crooked minds: Creating an innovative society' on Day 1 of Times Litfest Delhi 2017, held at the India Habitat Centre, in New Delhi, on November 25, 2017.

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Pushpesh Pant, Shamim Hanafi and Sheen Kaaf Nizam at Times Litfest

Pushpesh Pant, Shamim Hanafi and Sheen Kaaf Nizam during Rekhta session on Day 1 of Times Litfest Delhi 2017, held at the India Habitat Centre, in New Delhi, on November 25, 2017.

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Shamim Hanafi and Sheen Kaaf Nizam

Shamim Hanafi and Sheen Kaaf Nizam during the session of 'Urdu poetry in today's India' on Day 1 of Times Litfest Delhi 2017, held at the India Habitat Centre, in New Delhi, on November 25, 2017.

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Javed Akhtar

Javed Akhtar during the session of 'Nationalism and the arts' on Day 1 of Times Litfest Delhi 2017, held at the India Habitat Centre, in New Delhi, on November 25, 2017.

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Pushpesh Pant and Shamim Hanafi

Pushpesh Pant and Shamim Hanafi during the session of 'Urdu poetry in today's India' on Day 1 of Times Litfest Delhi 2017, held at the India Habitat Centre, in New Delhi, on November 25, 2017.

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Write India session

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Kailash Satyarthi

Guest of honour Kailash Satyarthi gestures as he speaks during the Day 1 of the Times Litfest Delhi 2017, held at the India Habitat Centre, in New Delhi, on November 25, 2017.

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Shabana Azmi and Javed Akhtar

Shabana Azmi and Javed Akhtar during the sassion of 'Nationalism and the arts' on Day 1 of Times Litfest Delhi 2017, held at the India Habitat Centre, in New Delhi, on November 25, 2017.

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Nayantara Sahgal

Nayantara Sahgal speaks on Day 1 of the Times Litfest Delhi 2017, held at the India Habitat Centre, in New Delhi, on November 25, 2017.

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Shabana Azmi

Shabana Azmi during the session of 'Nationalism and the arts' on Day 1 of Times Litfest Delhi 2017, held at the India Habitat Centre, in New Delhi, on November 25, 2017.

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Ravi Subramanian, Vinita Dawra Nangia

Author Ravi Subramanian speaks while Associate editor, Times of India and Write India, Director Vinita Dawra Nangia looks on during the Write India session on Day 1 of Times Litfest Delhi 2017, held at the India Habitat Centre, in New Delhi, on November 25, 2017.

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Times Litfest Delhi 2017: Day 1

Guest of honour Kailash Satyarthi addresses during the Day 1 of the Times Litfest Delhi 2017, held at the India Habitat Centre, in New Delhi, on November 25, 2017.

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Mahesh Rangarajan

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Authors at Write India session

Author Ravi Subramanian, Associate editor, Times of India and Write India, Director Vinita Dawra Nangia and Ashwin Sanghi during the Write India session on Day 1 of Times Litfest Delhi 2017, held at the India Habitat Centre, in New Delhi, on November 25, 2017.

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Naina Lal Kidwai

Naina Lal Kidwai in conversation with Kiran Karnik on his new book 'Crooked minds: Creating an innovative society' on Day 1 of Times Litfest Delhi 2017, held at the India Habitat Centre, in New Delhi, on November 25, 2017.

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Times Litfest Delhi 2017: Day 1

Times Litfest Delhi 2017: Day 1

Shobhaa De and Manu Joseph and Vinita Dawra Nangia

Swara Bhaskar at Times Litfest Delhi 2017

Amrita Narayanan

Amrita Narayanan

Sunita Narain

Baba Ramdev during Times Litfest Delhi 2017

Baba Ramdev during Litfest 2017

Stand up comedian Nishant Tanwar

Nishant Tanwar during Times Litfest Delhi 2017

Swapna Liddle

Aanchal Malhotra, Rana Safvi and Sadia Dehlvi at Times Litfest

Author Anuja Chauhan at Times Litfest 2017

Anuja Chauhan

Rana Safvi and Sadia Dehlvi at Times Litfest Delhi 2017

Shashi Tharoor

Kamal Haasan

Kamal Haasan

Amish Tripathi at Times Litfest 2017

Amish Tripathi during Times Litfest Delhi 2017

Kiran Nagarkar at Times Litfest Delhi 2017

Jayant Sinha

Y. Venugopal Reddy at Times Litfest Delhi 2017

Shobhaa De during the Write India session

Shobhaa De, Namita Gokhale

Kailash Satyarthi

​ Jairam Ramesh

Mahesh Rangarajan

Bachi Karkaria

Times Litfest Delhi 2017: Day 1

Raja Mohan

C. Raja Mohan

TCA Raghavan and Indrani Bagch

Naina Lal Kidwai

Bachi Karkaria at Times Litfest Delhi 2017

anindya7 copy.jpg

Pushpesh Pant, Shamim Hanafi and Sheen Kaaf Nizam at Times Litfest

Shamim Hanafi and Sheen Kaaf Nizam

Javed Akhtar

Pushpesh Pant and Shamim Hanafi

Write India session

Kailash Satyarthi

Shabana Azmi and Javed Akhtar

Nayantara Sahgal

Shabana Azmi

Ravi Subramanian, Vinita Dawra Nangia

Times Litfest Delhi 2017: Day 1

Mahesh Rangarajan

Authors at Write India session

Naina Lal Kidwai

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Jairam Ramesh