Litfest Delhi 2016 News

'Writing for Young Adults'

Anthropologist Assa Doron discusses the flipside of Swachh Bharat Mission
The manner in which toilets have been introduced in Varanasi has reinforced the personal suffering and structural violence that is borne especially by women," said anthropologist Assa Doron at the
90% diseases related to stress: Wellness expert Mickey Mehta
Celebrity fitness trainer and wellness expert Mickey Mehta doesn’t like to use the term “holistic healing” anymore. Instead, he advocates “integrative healing”. “When you say holistic, allopathic
Poverty, the Pope and Mr Piketty: Poverty and income distribution
Economist Jagdish Bhagwati has an interesting proposition for Pope Francis.
We know more about 25K INA soldiers than 2.5 million Indian Army troops of WWII
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, as the first Prime Minister of India, acted like a world leader.
Where can people in love go in Delhi: Ravish Kumar
The short love stories are practically love triangles – the two lovers and the city of Delhi being the main protagonists.
It troubles me to write about living people: Deborah Baker
“As biographers some of us don’t just look into the door, we open it..get into wardrobes..look into papers..get under the bed..under the linen and then tell the person look this is who you are.
Kashmiri poet enthrals audience
Budding Kashmiri English poet Mohsin bin Mushtaq (29) enthralled audiences at the Times Literature Festival with his refreshing poetry on love and Sufism on Monday.
Biographies making and unmaking heroes
While Deborah Baker is noted for penning down the lives of authors, Ajoy Bose and Sankarshan Thakur have chronicled political leaders. The three discussed the problems that come in the way of writing
Digital technology can improve health care in Bihar: TK Arun
Politician economist and former IAS officer who in conversation with TK Arun on ‘Reforming Bihar’ at the Times LitFest on Sunday,
Anuja Chauhan, Navtej Sarna on fiction as family history
From conniving aunts to mysterious people in family photograph authors Anuja Chauhan and Navtej Sarna discussed what it takes to write about families and family histories in the world of fiction, with
A crash course on getting published
The biggest asset new authors can have is a thick skin. It serves them well when publishers, agents reject their manuscript. As Harper Collins publisher V K Karthika said, the odds of getting picked
India’s foreign policy an a la carte approach: Niall Ferguson
India’s economic potential in relation to China is bright, but unlike the latter it does not yet have a strategy in foreign policy, historian Niall Ferguson said on Sunday.
‘Dalits turning entrepreneurs against odds is a miracle’
Dalits turning entrepreneurs against odds is a ‘miracle’, said Chandrabhan Prasad, mentor to the Dalit India Chamber of Commerce and Industry, at the LitFest discussion on Dalit entrepreneurship
'Social and traditional media complement each other’
Audience interjections from the young to the decidedly grey made for a discussion with broad appeal at the session “Freedom Online: The Net and Democracy” with researcher Chinmayi Arun, writer and
'A journey to know our icons in flesh & blood'
The Indian past is where dead heroes continuously spring back to life, to be dispatched to the front lines of ferocious, contemporary cultural and political battles,” author Sunil Khilnani said in his
'It’s time India got over the Great Wall complex'
China, the Asian equivalent of the Joneses with whom India is constantly measured against, remains an inscrutable entity for us, observed author Amitav Ghosh in his keynote address on Day 2 of the
Rigid govt not good for 2nd gen reforms: Jairam Ramesh
It was a marriage of numbers and wit at the Times LitFest on Sunday as Congress leader and former union minister Jairam Ramesh shared the stage and his thoughts on economic reforms with Arun Maira,
Had Patel been PM, India would be Pak: Ilaiah
Had Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel become PM, India would have "gone on the lines of Pakistan, our democracy would have collapsed", Dalit activist and author Kancha Ilaiah said at the Times LitFest on
Could lose Valley in 10 yrs if we don't act: Radha
India could conceivably lose the Kashmir valley in the next 10 years unless a serious effort is made to resolve the situation, Radha Kumar, a former interlocutor on Jammu & Kashmir for the Indian
'AAP will survive as long as the idea is alive'
Journalist-turned-politician Ashutosh found himself defending the Aam Aadmi Party and explaining the idea behind it for the entire duration of his session at Times LitFest Delhi, presented by
'AAP will survive as long as the idea is alive'
Journalist-turned-politician Ashutosh found himself defending the Aam Aadmi Party and explaining the idea behind it for the entire duration of his session at Times LitFest Delhi, presented by
We are not having a reasonable debate on juvenile crimes: Amish
The session was on a ‘popular’ fiction work, but the issues discussed ranged from award waapsi to juvenile criminals.
Authoritarian regime not good for second generation of reforms: Jairam Ramesh
It was a marriage of numbers and wit at the Times Lit Fest on Sunday as Congress leader and former union minister Jairam Ramesh shared the stage and his thoughts on economic reforms with Arun Maira,
Is mass media dying: A debate at Times Litfest
A session on the media on day two of the Rajnigandha Times Delhi LitFest was not short on one-liners and laughs, as representatives from the print, electronic and digital media introspected.
Towards an Indian Feminism
Feminist writer Nivedita Menon and Social Anthropologist Sanjay Srivastava discussed Indian feminism with Leela Gandhi at the TOI Litfest.
Is English language writing in India now thoroughly desi-fied?
Until a few years ago, there actually existed a ‘genre’ called Indian writing in English, they acknowledged.