Jaipur Lit Fest

Intolerance and Bollywood: The unbearable lightness of being Karan Johar

Celebrity directors came into the forefront after Karan Johar. Before him, even the greatest of filmmakers were unrecognizable.

'Literary festivals are anti-reading': Why lit fests are for performers not writers

The Times of India group, whose lit fest in Mumbai and Delhi have just concluded, no longer devote any space to books on a regular basis

Q&A: Devdutt Pattanaik on the dangers of a world that does not value imagination

Devdutt Pattanaik says what we miss in the rush to prove the historicity of myths or debunk them is the enduring power of human imagination. The obsession becomes about proving something scientifically in order to prove its superiority.

Bengali infused pop to sufi qawwals: Dalrymple on his favourite music at JLF

It is January, and the five-day literary extravaganza that is the Jaipur Literature Festival is almost upon us. But festival co-director William Dalrymple is equally enthused about the line-up of music.