Recent Highlights
All Stories for Jerry Pinto
Kerala Literature Festival 2020: Shashi Tharoor, Benyamin among speakers at fifth edition
Bindu Gopal Rao • 5 years agoThe theme of the fifth edition of the Kerala Literature Festival is the environment and climate change. Apart from participants hailing from China, Slovenia, Egypt and South Africa, the festival also boasts of the addition of new programme formats: debates, straight talks, book discussions and readers' sessions
Protesting sedition charge against peers, TM Krishna, Romila Thapar among 180 signees on open letter to PM Modi
Fp Staff • 6 years agoAmong the 180 signatories are TM Krishna, Ranjit Hoskote, Romila Thapar, Mallika Sarabhai and Naseeruddin Shah, whose letter reads: 'More of us will speak every day. Against mob lynching. Against the silencing of people’s voices. Against the misuse of courts to harass citizens'.
Jio MAMI Word to Screen market 2018: Sonam Kapoor, Anurag Kashyap, Kiran Rao attend event in Mumbai
Fp Staff • 7 years agoApart from Sonam and Anurag, authors Jerry Pinto Manoranjan Byapari and Namita Devidayal were present at Jio MAMI with Star, Word to Screen Market 2018
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
Tata Literature Live 2017: Kiran Nagarkar's book launch to Margaret Drabble talk, Day 3 highlights
Harsh • 7 years agoThe day three of the Mumbai Literature Festival brought an array of sessions exploring everything from one’s right to offend to India's incredible obsession with the consumption of paneer.
'In The City: A Library' is a nostalgic take on the disappearing library culture of Mumbai
Neerjad • 8 years agoIn the City: A Library features pictures of old books taken at People’s Free Reading Room by Chirodeep Chaudhari with words by Jerry Pinto
Jerry Pinto's Murder in Mahim is well-intentioned but story takes a backseat to preaching
Niharikam • 8 years agoI found myself asking that question repeatedly as I flipped through Murder in Mahim — Jerry Pinto’s whodunit/mystery novel set in Mumbai.
Jerry Pinto receives Sahitya Akademi Award; urges writers to protect truth in acceptance speech
Fp Staff • 8 years agoMumbai-based novelist Jerry Pinto, who was one of the 24 recipients of the 2016 Sahitya Akademi Award, argued the role of authors in the wake of rising debate between nationalism and freedom of speech in India
Vannadasan, Jerry Pinto, Nasira Sharma among 24 authors named for Sahitya Akademi award
Ians • 8 years agoNoted Tamil writer Vannadasan, English novelist Jerry Pinto and Hindi author Nasira Sharma were among the 24 authors named for the Sahitya Akademi Award 2016.
In conversation with Jerry Pinto: How mental health and illness is perceived in India
Ankitam • 9 years agoJerry Pinto talks to us about his new book 'A Book of Light: When a Loved One Has A Different Mind' and the perception of mental illness in India.