Literature Festivals
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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
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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
Trending
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With new OCI notification, India has ended its experiment with dual citizenship
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Indian IT companies have found ways to avoid the stress of H-1B visas
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Why the small turnout at Modi’s Kolkata rally should not worry the BJP
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Air France flight makes emergency landing after Indian passenger’s disruptive behaviour
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‘I kept feeling it was a nightmare’: Safoora Zargar on surviving 38 days in solitary confinement
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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
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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
Video
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Watch: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s Oprah interview reimagined as Indian soap opera
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‘Totally un-self-aware’: How social media reacted to Meghan Markle’s interview with Oprah Winfrey
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Eco India, Episode 100: Understanding women and their relationship with the environment
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Watch: Migrant runs into strange people and situations in short film ‘Welcome to Mumbai’
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‘International Men’s Day should also be celebrated’: BJP MP Sonal Mansingh in Rajya Sabha
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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
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The People’s Lit Fest took on India’s mainstream literature festivals to present voices of dissent
With the opening edition held in Kolkata, the event will be held every year.
Chandrima Pal
The Reel
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‘The Married Woman’ review: Passion, caution and unanswered questions as two women fall in love
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‘Saina’ trailer: Watch Parineeti Chopra as badminton champion Saina Nehwal
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‘Bombay Begums’ review: Spirited performances in show about the different shades of womanhood
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‘Thunder Force’ trailer: Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer play unlikely superheroes
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Jean-Luc Godard: ‘Today’s cinema only thinks action and not silence’
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Six high points of the Jaipur Literature Festival 2018 (and we have videos to prove it)
Writers Manoranjan Byapari and Preti Taneja were truly remarkable. Some of the ill-prepared moderators, not so much.
Jenny Bhatt
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So, @JLFInsider didn’t have all the insider information, even if they had much of the snark
An undercover ‘outsider’ was watching.
Brown Paper Bag
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The most engaging voice at the Jaipur Literature Festival 2018? It was @JLFInsider on Twitter
The anonymous handle was both satirical and insightful, hilarious and observant. But we still don’t know who’s behind it.
Harsimran Gill
The Field
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ISL semi-finals: Mumbai City FC edge FC Goa in epic penalty shooutout after goalless second leg
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Table tennis: G Sathiyan, Sharath Kamal, Manika Batra progress at WTT Star Contender Doha
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Hockey: Mandeep Singh’s double-strike helps India beat Great Britain to finish Europe tour unbeaten
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Vijay Hazare Trophy QFs: Padikkal scores fourth straight ton in Karnataka’s win, Gujarat beat Andhra
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Southampton to host India-New Zealand match for ICC World Test Championship final: Sourav Ganguly