Litfest Delhi 2016 News

Chronicling Mumbai: Life after the Beautiful Forevers

Saving Wild India at TLFDelhi
Just as a country gets the politicians it deserves, it also gets the forests it deserves.
Those who don't like my article can write another: Taslima Nasreen
"Writers are not responsible for riots. Rioters are. Rioters don't read books," said an eloquent Taslima Nasreen as she addressed a packed audience at the Times Litfest Delhi on Saturday evening.
I was frustrated with my job: Anuja Chauhan
The setting could very well have been a friend’s drawing room.
P Chidambaram: Ban on Salman Rushdie's book was a mistake
Former Union home minister and Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday said that he had no hesitation in admitting that the then Congress government's decision to ban Salman Rushdie's book 'Satanic
I have followed my passions: Naina Lal Kidwai
Author and former CEO of P&G, Gurcharan Das was born Ashok Kumar.
The story of Delhi is a work in progress: Malvika Singh
The story of Delhi, like the city itself, is a work in progress. As publisher and moderator for the session, Malvika Singh points out, “There can’t be a “definitive biography, a final word, because
"Write drunk, edit sober, have marketing for a hangover"
They shared writing tips, they parted with their marketing tricks, and they made the audience chortle with their wisecracks. The bestselling trio of Amish, Ravi Subramanian, and Ashwin Sanghi made for
Vice President Hamid Ansari calls Times Lit Fest Delhi a people's festival
On a mild Saturday afternoon, the Vice President of India, Hamid Ansari descended on the lawns of the Maidens Hotel at Civil Lines, to inaugurate the first edition of Times Lit Fest Delhi 2015.
Political titans to kick off Times LitFest—Delhi
The capital is all set to witness a contest of ideas between the new political order and the old, as finance minister Arun Jaitley and his immediate predecessor P Chidambaram square off against a
Iraq is the war of our generation: Saad Z Hossain
Bangladesh writer Saad Z Hossain’s debut novel, Escape From Baghdad!, has received rave reviews for its “dark humour” and “gonzo storytelling” .
Delhi Litfest curtain-raiser: Q&A with Robin Jeffrey
Robin Jeffrey, a visiting research professor at Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore, is the author of several acclaimed works including ‘India's Newspaper Revolution’.
Great Indian tradition of debate alive and well: Wendy Doniger
Indologist Wendy Doniger is the author of seminal books on Hinduism and mythology. She will be speaking at Times Lit Fest-Delhi this weekend.
Countdown begins for Times Lit Fest Delhi
At a time when Delhi is emerging not just a capital of politics but also as India's cultural capital, the countdown has begun for the city's biggest, first- of- its- kind, literature festival.
Idea of India gets damaged if we fiddle with founding principles: Sunil Khilnani
Academic and historian Sunil Khilnani coined the term, 'The Idea of India' in his book by the same name.Khilnani will be delivering a keynote address at Times LitFest-Delhi, presented by Rajnigandha,
Times Lit Fest Delhi - platform to exchange ideas and ideologies
The Times Lit Fest, Delhi will bring together authors and philosophers, politicians and poets, activists and scholars on one platform to exchange ideas and ideologies.