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ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival 2019: Mary Beard, Yann Martel, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni to speak on Day 4
Fp Staff • 6 years agoOn the palace grounds in Jaipur, Mary Beard will take the audiences on a tour of the ancient civilisations and histories of the city of Rome with an introduction by Dan Jones
Oxford Dictionaries names 'Nari Shakti' Hindi word of 2018; JLF director says it 'encapsulates spirit of our times'
• 6 years agoOxford Dictionaries on Saturday declared "Nari Shakti" the Hindi word for the year 2018. The announcement was made during a session at the ongoing Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) at Diggi Palace.
Zee Jaipur Literature Festival 2019: Andre Aciman, Yann Martel among star authors on Day 3
Fp Staff • 6 years agoIn Jaipur, Yann Martel, Mexican author Alvaro Enrigue, Ahdaf Soueif, Hari Kunzru and the the Pulitzer prize-winning author Colson Whitehead will discuss the process of writing a book on the morning of the third day of the literary gala
ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival 2019: Award winning authors Ben Okri, Markus Zusak among speakers on Day 2
Fp Staff • 6 years agoAt Jaipur, notable author Markus Zusak of the bestselling novel, The Book Thief and Nobel laureate Sri Venki Ramakrishnan are among the many notable figures in literature and science who will be present on the second day of the annual literary extravaganza
ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival 2019: Pulitzer Prize-winners Colson Whitehead, Andrew Sean Greer to speak on Day 1
Fp Staff • 6 years agoKeeping in tune with the focus of the 12th edition of the Jaipur Literature Festival — all things science — the keynote address at the inaugural session will be delivered by the structural biologist and Nobel laureate, Sir Venki Ramakrishnan on The Role of Science in Today's World
Zee Jaipur Literature Festival 2019: With focus on younger audience, science fiction, #MeToo to take center stage at the annual fest
Aishwaryasahasrabudhe • 6 years agoCo-director of the Jaipur Literature Festival Namita Gokhale said of the event's special focus on science that our world is changing very fast, it impacts our lives much more and today’s young audiences want to understand the future, they need empirical thinking
Shashi Tharoor takes dig at Narendra Modi, says 'holy' Constitution and Deendayal Upadhyay as 'hero' cannot go together
• 7 years agoTaking a dig at Narendra Modi, politician-writer Shashi Tharoor has said that while the prime minister describes the country’s Constitution as “holy”, he also hails Hindutva icon Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay as a “hero”, and asserted that the two stands cannot go hand in hand.
Hamid Karzai says he supports Donald Trump's stand on Pakistan's use of extremism, hopes US President will take action
• 7 years agoSupporting US President Donald Trump's tough stance against Pakistan on dealing with terrorism, former Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai on Saturday voiced hope that he will follow his words with action
Rushdie video link cancelled
Fp Staff • 13 years agoThe video link with Rushdie scheduled for 3.45pm is uncertain following protests and a death threat against organizer William Dalrymple
Obama's Nobel prize was for not being Bush: Remnick
Fp Archives • 13 years agoLive updates from day 1 of the Jaipur Literature Festival.