Festival of Controversies happening at Diggi palace in Jaipur fom20th to 24th January 2012 finally ended with literature. Last two sessions on the last day of the fest has made me state the previous statement the way it is, as these were the sessions which saw maximum number of audience
Troubled faces of organizers and uneasiness in the atmosphere can be seen here at the Diggi palace which has turned into a military camp. Just minutes before the Video conferencing of Salman Rushdie, some Muslim hardliners said, “Every religion teaches us to respect God, but Rushdie is a criminal writer,
In a Press conference held this morning, Festival producer Sanjoy Roy said, “Organizers have decided to go ahead with the video link by Salman Rushdie,at 03:45 P.M (IST),in Front Lawns of Diggi Palace, the venue of Jaipur Literature Festival.” According to Sanjoy,” The session is named as ‘Midnight’s Child’ where,
This time Jaipur literature fest is getting bigger than ever, normally books and literature is not given that attention in media coverage, but this time it’s different, Rushdie controversy has created a vast space for media stories and greater publicity for the fest. As told by festival producer ‘Sanjoy Roy’,
Opera brought crowded chaos. It was a big day or I must say the most glamorous day of Jaipur Literature Festival. Oprah Winfrey, Fatima Bhutto, Shashi tharoor, Chetan bhagat , Anupam Kher ,David Remnick , David Hare, Tom Stoppard were few to name among many other influential people, who graced
At 3rd day of Jaipur Literature festival 2012, front lawns of Diggi Palace witnessed Shashi tharoor launching Anupam Kher’s book “The Best Thing About You ….Is You”. Anupam Kher and producer of Jaipur Literature festival Sanjoy Roy were also present at the ceremony. In an interaction on how he thought of
Morning started with 4 sessions happening at the same time in four courtyards of vast Diggi palace,but as expected session ‘In search of a story ‘ where Chetan bhagat was in conversation with john Elliott, saw jam packed crowd, everyone trying to have a glimpse of their favourite Indian author.
DSC Jaipur Festival 2012 started here today at 20th January, at Diggi Palace in Jaipur.Festival brings a range of readings, talk’s debates, performances, and children’s workshops. Festival started with the inaugural session and keynote address: Bhakti poetry: The living legacy by purshottam Agarwal and Arvind Krishna Mehrotra. After the inauguration,
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As the session The disappointment of Obama by David remnick ended , announcement for the press conference for issuing the statement of salman rushdie was made, On the press terrace at Jaipur literatture festival Namita gokhale, william and Festival producer Sanjoy roy addressed the press and issued the statement. Statement from
Brooklyn-based Kiran Chandra’s contribution to Shrine Empire’s Pro.ject 2012.01 opens this Thursday, January 19. A quarter of million farmers in India have committed suicide in last 16 years, an average of one suicide every 30 minutes. Farmers are burdened with debt, failed monsoons, failed crops, and a falling government .As
It was time for Delhi to rock once again with the most awaited rock fest of the year, “South Asian Band Festival” Presented by Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) in collaboration with Ministry of External Affairs & SEHER, the three-day music festival, was in its fifth edition. The historical
The time-honoured grounds of Purana Qila recently witnessed the great musical extravaganza South Asian Band Festival, 2011, presented by the ICCR in collaboration with the Ministry of External Affairs and Seher, which was founded in 1990 by Sanjeev Bhargava, SEHER literally means ‘breaking of the dawn’. Since its inception, Seher has been