Litfest Delhi 2016 News

‘Delhi is poisoning itself’

Cashless, heartless, brainless: Love in the time of demonetization
In a session titled “Love In the Time of Notebandhi”, senior television journalist Ravish Kumar read out some of his new popular Hindi “Laprek” featuring cash-strapped young lovers.
We have political equality but there is no socio-economic equality: Ram Madhav
BJP general secretary Ram Madhav suggested on Saturday that no transformation is painless.
I have no time for people who say Delhi is a boring, smoked out city: William Dalrymple
The large hall is filled beyond capacity. People have squeezed through the passages and are sitting on the steps and the floor below the stage.
Sonal Mansingh tells a story in song and dance
Among the last sessions at the Times Literary Festival on Saturday was an eloquent rendering of the tale of the visit of Saudama to the home of his childhood friend, Lord Krishna.
There are some interesting similarities between Indira Gandhi and Modi: Ramachandra Guha
He said political, social, cultural and economic freedoms in India were greater today than 70 years ago but fell far short of what had been desired by the country’s founders.
Indians need to be strategic in their philanthropy
Based on a study, Nilekani said only one percent of India’s wealthy own 60% of its wealth.
Why business never stops in Bastar
This was the damning observation of two experts on the region that’s one of India’s ground zeroes of violence and conflict.
Why drinking in India is still an outdoor sport
Palash Krishna Mehrotra has often written about the cultural nuances of drinking in India.
Don’t try to think your excel sheet contains the universe: Devdutt Pattanaik
While he spoke of identity, imagination and world mythology, some quips on demonetisation and the day’s politics also made their way into his session.
Arvind Subramanian is on the lookout for a book that traces the early history of Pakistan
Subramanian spoke of the many books and authors who have “contributed to [his] understanding of economic development".
Deciphering the enigma that was Narasimha Rao
The current PM might run him close but possibly no other leader of post-Independent India has evoked as many conflicting emotions as Pamulaparti Venkata Narasimha Rao.
Too early to tell if PM Modi is 'true descendant of Indira Gandhi', says historian Ramachandra Guha at Times Litfest
Speaking at Times Litfest, eminent historian Ramachandra Guha said today that it's too early to tell if PM Modi has dictatorial tendencies and therefore he can't say if he is a "true descendant of
A new phase of Indian capitalism
Demonetisation, being held responsible for the recent disruption of economic activity, is the word on almost everybody’s lips. Read on to know more.
'I am not advocating violence, I am advocating the decision of the law', Dr Subramanian Swamy
As an Indian I am duty bound to accept the judgment of the court and I will accept it (the Ram janambhoomi judgment), Asaduddin Owaisi.
The anatomy of a riot
“I don’t like the word secularism,” declared historian and author Ramachandra Guha on Day 1 of the Times Lit Fest Delhi on Saturday.
‘Revisionist history was earlier Pak forte, now India following suit’
Former Pakistan ambassador to Sri Lanka and the US Husain Haqqani said he regretted that India too was following the path that was followed decades ago in Pakistan, with a rising trend of “revisionist
Need to get to the bottom of who funds political parties: Vinod Rai
Acknowledging that India had inherited a colonial system of governance, Joseph impressed on the need for reform to be able to combat corruption and unfair practices.
TV runs on manufactured dissent, says Barkha Dutt
When you turn patriotism in to a political debate you take away from it.
Raj was worse than the Holocaust: Tharoor
Former Union minister Shashi Tharoor on Saturday sought a specific apology from the British government for the depredations of the British Raj, comparing them to the Nazi Holocaust.
Subramanian Swamy, Asaduddin Owaisi both say they will abide by Supreme Court's decision on Ram Mandir
Nilekani argues the case for a digital India
He is the brains behind the Aadhar card project.
India isn’t secular, says Saaed Naqvi
"One thing I have escaped all my life is being a professional Muslim.”
Namita Gokhale talks about her novel "Things to Leave Behind" at Times Lit Fest 2016
Namita Gokhale talks about her novel "Things to Leave Behind" at Times Lit Fest 2016.
Times Lit Fest: Shashi Tharoor slams British colonialism in India
Lifetime Achievement Award for Ruskin Bond at Times Lit Fest 2016
As an author living in a technology-driven India, Ruskin Bond has managed to keep his art as rustic and raw as possible.
Demonetisation is not a radical change: SA Aiyar
Swaminathan S Ankelsaria Aiyar, a columnist with Times of India, had a conversation with economist Surjit Bhalla.