And just like that, the final day arrived and wound up! Oh but not before leaving me with three wonderful sessions! Amit Chaudhuri took me by hand, ably prodded by Janice Pariat, on a sojourn in Berlin and left me looking for more. Curiosity piqued, I bought the book. Well.. 🙂 Chigozie Obioma was such … More Jaipur Literature Festival 2023 Diaries – Day 5
When I was a child, in my 4th standard perhaps, I heard Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia for the first time. I watched him play on TV, my father introducing him as the maestro with flute which had a deep connection to Odisha, our native state. Over the next many years, as I got inducted into music, … More Jaipur Literature Festival 2023 Diaries – Day 4
Books I love and the authors who wrote them – this was today’s primary theme for me! Shehan Karunatilaka, the Booker Prize Winner 2022, was every bit the person I have come to expect of him – eloquent, witty and empathetic. He spoke about his books, growing up years, socio-political climate in Sri Lanka of … More Jaipur Literature Festival 2023 Diaries – Day 3
After the opening day frenzy, the second day left me with comfortable spaces between sessions I had shortlisted to attend, turning the Day 2, a buoyant but not busy day. Conversation with the Nobel Laureate, Abdulrazak Gurnah was a riveting one that spanned across his childhood and youth, his years as an academician, his process … More Jaipur Literature Festival 2023 Diaries – Day 2
The inaugural day promised to be big… and it delivered! New venue, new voices, new philosophies. But the colors, spirit and enthusiasm of previous years remained the same. Had the pleasure of hearing Bernadine Evaristo (Winner of Man Booker Prize 2019), Ruth Ozeki (Winner of Women’s Prize for Fiction 2022) and Geentanjali Shree (Winner of … More Jaipur Literature Festival 2023 Diaries – Day 1
SEEMITA DAS 