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ART & CULTURE

In a panel discussion consisting econ- Haidar in a talk about Nujeen who es- ture the life of a woman in writing, and
omist, environmentalist and politician caped the hell of war in Aleppo and how different is a woman’s biography
Jairam Ramesh, authors Viju B and Krupa travelled to Europe on a wheelchair. The from that of a man.
Ge in conversation with Marcus Moench, session will touch sensitive issue of our Moving to geopolitics, author and
they will bring this calamity right at the times- immigration and asylum. ex-Portuguese minister Bruno Maçães,
doorstep, imploring to think about the Speaking about JLF’s vast repertoire, ex-national security advisor to the
consequences of societal folly in abusing author and festival co-director Namita Prime Minister of India Shivshankar
nature. Gokhale said, “Every January, a galaxy Menon, and Professor of Economics at
China’s mammoth Belt and Road of writers and thinkers converge in the Jawaharlal Nehru University Deepak
Nayyar will discuss and dissect Asia’s
place in the new world order. The trio
has penned three different books, all
focusing on the Asian story (develop-
ment and economics) and its role in
world politics.
Five of the world’s celebrated novel-
ists— Elizabeth Gilbert, Leila Slimani,
Avni Doshi, John Lancaster and Howard

The five-day literary
extravaganza is looked
forward to for the
exemplary line up of
speakers that it brings on
the platform, and
according to organisers,
it is going to live up to the
expectations it has set
over the years

Jacobson will share their insights on
the art of the novel with Damian Barr.
The panel discussion focused on fic-
Initiative(BRI), straddling almost 70 heritage city of Jaipur to celebrate the tion writing will answer questions like
countries, is an infrastructure project of human imagination and the dreaming where does fiction come from? What
staggering complexity. Bruno Maçães, mind. We are the largest free festival in is the process of its creation? How does
author of Belt and Road: A Chinese World the world and also perhaps the youngest one make up characters and situations
Order will discuss the ambitions and im- with 60 per cent of our audiences below that are believable- and why should the
plications of BRI as it tracks new trade 25. We look forward to these crucial con- reader care? Go on a nostalgic journey
and energy routes, with particular em- versations between cultures, communi- with acclaimed author and actor Mad-
phasis of its feasibility and implications ties, and generations.” hur as she walks through her childhood
in India and South Asia in a session with Women and their role in literature during British Raj and how the food that
Indian authors Manoj Joshi and Sujeev also takes centrestage this year with ac- she feasted on during her childhood in
Shakya in conversation with former In- claimed biographers Bettany Hughes, Delhi, her summer travels in the Hima-
dian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao. Jung Chang, Lindsey Hilsum and Hallie layan foothills and during her eventual
Leading British foreign correspond- Rubenhold discussing the difficulty of shift to Britain, shaped her life.
ent Christina Lamb will be in conversa- penning the lives of women in conver-
tion with eminent journalist Suhasini sation, questioning how does one cap- LETTERS@TEHELKA.COM

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