Literature Festivals
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Assam’s Kokrajhar Literary Festival shows how literary festivals can be truly inclusive
A melting pot of culture and languages that represents India’s amazing diversity.
Rajat Chaudhuri
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Ten conversations from the Jaipur Literature Festival 2022 worth watching (again)
Writers from around the world joined the festival online.
Scroll Staff
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The Jaipur Literature Festival will be back as a physical event in 2022, but not in Diggi Palace
An interview with Teamwork’s Sanjoy Roy, who organises the global chain of JLF events.
Scroll Staff
Trending
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Why BJP leaders’ comments on study about Muslim population in India are misleading
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Ordinary voters flagged Modi speech to Election Commission – and came up against a broken system
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Why are so many young Indians trading in cryptocurrency, especially in tier-two cities?
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‘We are living in perpetual fear’: Prajwal Revanna video leaks spark panic among women in Hassan
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‘Hind’s Hall’: Macklemore’s pro-Palestine song – how far will it go?
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After the coup: Will literature in Myanmar and the Irrawaddy Literary Festival be the same again?
Novelist Dipika Mukherjee reflects on the festival she attended in 2019, and on the fate of writing in Myanmar.
Dipika Mukherjee
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Litfests: Sponsors and participants should both know there are always strings attached
Sponsorship of the arts is often a minefield, shows the controversial cancellation of Vijay Prashad and Noam Chomsky’s discussion at Tata Literature Live.
Arundhati Ghosh
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With CAA protests and questions over sponsors, the Jaipur Literature Festival has to make choices
Nuanced debates about corporate money fuelling culture and debate were possible, even credible, once upon a time. Not anymore.
Parvati Sharma
Video
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Watch: Students in Pakistan enact moments from Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s pre-wedding event
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‘Hind’s Hall’: Rapper Macklemore releases poignant song in support of Palestine, US campus protests
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Met Gala 2024: From Alia Bhatt to Isha Ambani, what Indians in attendance wore
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Watch: South Korean band performs Rabindra Sangeet accompanied by traditional Korean instruments
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Watch: This man fused hip-hop with Bharatnatyam to dance to Shakira’s ‘Hips Don’t Lie’
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Times Litfest Mumbai cancelled because ‘seriously floundering economy’ has kept sponsors away
The Hindu Lit for Life has been postponed for similar reasons.
Scroll Staff
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Another edition of the Jaipur Lit Fest ends but ethical concerns about title sponsor remain
Some claim that the prestigious event’s association with the Zee media group lends credibility to a news channel accused of running polarising reportage.
Harsimran Gill
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11 translators from around the world you shouldn’t miss at this year’s Jaipur Literature Festival
Most of them will participate in Jaipur Bookmark, where the focus is on publishing, bookselling and translations.
Mohini Gupta
The Reel
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Watch: Politics, ambition and crime in Vasantha Balan’s ‘Thalaimai Seyalagam’
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How the fantasy film ‘Pathala Bhairavi’ heavily influenced Telugu cinema
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Watch: Manoj Bajpayee’s hundredth movie ‘Bhaiyya Ji’ is a revenge drama
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Start the week with a film: Why ‘Manjummel Boys’ was a blockbuster
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How actor Shahana Goswami flies under the radar and above the competition
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Pune’s first LGBT Marathi litfest wants to make regional queer literature accessible
The event on Sunday will include readings and a session on getting published.
Varsha Torgalkar
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Writers’ festivals aren’t an imaginary republic of letters. They are political arenas
The Brisbane Writers Festival has triggered a controversy. Can a festival decide which writers should be allowed to speak and which, not?
Leigh Boucher, The Conversation
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Meet the 17-year-old student behind Bhopal’s two-month-long Agatha Christie Crime Festival
Starting June 3, the festival will celebrate everything to do with the Queen of Crime.
Neha Bhatt
The Field
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IPL 2024: Virat Kohli stars as Bengaluru beat Punjab to stay in hunt for playoff spot
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India tour of Bangladesh: Radha Yadav stars in fifth T20I as visitors sweep series
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Athletics, Doha Diamond League 2024: In Olympic year, Neeraj Chopra keen to lay down the marker
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Hockey, FIH Pro League: Raheel, Dhami named in India’s 24-member men’s squad for Europe leg
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Table Tennis, Saudi Smash: Manika Batra beats world No 14 Nina Mittelham to enter quarter-finals