Who says there is a life sans art?
The Jaipur Literature festival, its formidable euphoria is just around the corner. It is popular as the greatest festival on Earth for a good reason. And rightly so. After all, a festival which has bewitched the hearts of one and all from every walk of life, tops the list of supreme festivals celebrated in Indian and the World.
The Jaipur literature festival is all set to kickstart on the 19th January to sprinkle it’s vibrancy on the city dwellers, not forgetting the array of tourists who embrace the festival to expand their beautific memories and invaluable experience.
JLF is a 5-day stretched extravagant festival, stationed on the sprawling grounds of Diggi Palace, Jaipur. A super-thoughtful and purposeful schedule has been prepared for you. This includes those sessions which you should not miss at all. Regrets are always painful! And these magical moments don’t come often. So make sure, you scan the list given below and manage your time accordingly, before any disappointment for not attending your favourites’ sessions sets in. If given a choice, I would want to attend all the mentioned below. My time management prep just got super easy, with this list.
[themify_box style=”light-yellow”]Carry a print out of this to the venue to have a easy-breezy navigation throughout the festival time.[/themify_box]
Literature and art buffs categorically become achingly restless to arrive at the venue and drool in the festive nuances of this festival.
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Jaipur Literature Festival 2017 Schedule
19th January 2017 Events:
Maiden day of ‘JLF 2017’ will offer you a perfect confluence of what JLF stands for. A perfect start to the grandest festival on Earth, navigating you through the wondrous and the profound.
[themify_col grid=”2-1 first”]9:15 – 9:50am[/themify_col]
[themify_col grid=”2-1″]Morning Music: Shillong Chamber Choir[/themify_col]
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[themify_col grid=”2-1 first”]10:00am – 11am[/themify_col]
[themify_col grid=”2-1″]Keynote Address: Gulzar & Anne Waldman
Venue: Front Lawn[/themify_col]
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[themify_col grid=”2-1 first”]11:15am – 12:15pm[/themify_col]
[themify_col grid=”2-1″]Jawai: The Land of the Leopard: Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, Jaisal Singh and Ruth Padel in conversation with Meru Gokhale
Venue: Mughal Tent[/themify_col]
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[themify_col grid=”2-1 first”]12:30pm – 1.30pm[/themify_col]
[themify_col grid=”2-1″]Imagine: The Freedom to Dream: Anne Waldman introduced by Puneeta RoyVenue: Samvad
Murder, Madness and the Oxford English Dictionary: Simon Winchester introduced by Jonathan Shainin
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[themify_col grid=”2-1 first”]1:40pm – 2:20pm[/themify_col]
[themify_col grid=”2-1″]Eternal Cities: Encounters and Inspirations – Abhay K, Amruta Patil Marcos Giralt Torrente in conversation with Rob Schmitz
Venue: Front Lawn[/themify_col]
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[themify_col grid=”2-1 first”]2:30pm – 3:30pm[/themify_col]
[themify_col grid=”2-1″]Negotiating the Net in the Teen Years: Clare Azzopardi in conversation with Anu Singh Choudhary
Venue: Samvad[/themify_col]
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[themify_col grid=”2-1 first”]3:45pm – 4:45pm[/themify_col]
[themify_col grid=”2-1″]The Quest for life: Spiritual and Material Strivings of Rural Rajasthan: Bhrigupati Singh and Hari Ram Meena introduced by Ashutosh Varshney
Venue: Durbar Hall[/themify_col]
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[themify_col grid=”2-1 first”]4.45pm – 5:15pm[/themify_col]
[themify_col grid=”2-1″]3 Book launches lined up for this hour at Front Lawn, Mughal Tent and Samvad. In case you are not interested, you can go and munch on some yummy snacks available at counters inside the venue.[/themify_col]
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[themify_col grid=”2-1 first”]5:15pm – 6:15pm[/themify_col]
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We The People of India: Ashok Desai in conversation with Pratap Bhanu Mehta and Madhav Khosla
Venue: Charbagh
In Search of a Muse: On Writing Poetry: Anne Waldman, Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir, Ishion Hutchinson, Kate Tempest, Tishani Doshi and Vladimir Lucien in conversation with Ruth Padel
Venue: Mughal Tent
Poetry Hour 7×7: Kavita Nirantar: Ambika Dutt, Angélica Freitas, Madhup Mohta and Nandana Sen, moderated by Sukrita PaulKumar
Venue: Samvad
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20th January 2017:
A peek-a-boo into spell-binding aspects of life and society which will sweep you off your stance.
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[themify_col grid=”2-1″]Morning Music[/themify_col]
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[themify_col grid=”2-1 first”]10:00am – 11am[/themify_col]
[themify_col grid=”2-1″]Suspected Poetry: Gulzar and Pavan K. Varma in conversation
Venue: Front Lawn[/themify_col]
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[themify_col grid=”2-1 first”]11:15am – 12:15pm[/themify_col]
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Kohinoor: Anita Anand and William Dalrymple introduced by Swapan Dasgupta
Venue: COX & KINGS CHARBAGH
The Heart: Maylis de K Maylis de Kerangal in conversation with Amrita Tripathi erangal in conversation with Amrita Tripathi
Venue: Durbar Hall
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[themify_col grid=”2-1 first”]12:30pm – 1.30pm[/themify_col]
[themify_col grid=”2-1″]Main Shayar Toh Nahin: Rishi Kapoor in conversation with Rachel Dwyer
Venue: Front Lawn[/themify_col]
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[themify_col grid=”2-1 first”]1:40pm – 2:20pm[/themify_col]
[themify_col grid=”2-1″]Book Launch: Living With Tigers by Valmik Thapar, released by Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje with readings by Sanjna Kapoor.
Venue: MUGHAL TENT[/themify_col]
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[themify_col grid=”2-1 first”]2:30pm – 3:30pm[/themify_col]
[themify_col grid=”2-1″]The Line of Beauty: Alan Hollinghurst in conversation with Chandrahas Choudhury
Venue: Front Lawn[/themify_col]
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[themify_col grid=”2-1 first”]3:45pm – 4:45pm[/themify_col]
[themify_col grid=”2-1″]The Pleasures and Perfections of Sanskrit: Jim Mallinson, S.R. Bhatt and Sudha Gopalakrishnan in conversation with Vikram ChandraVenue: Baithak[/themify_col]
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[themify_col grid=”2-1 first”]4.45pm – 5:15pm[/themify_col]
[themify_col grid=”2-1″]Book Launch: The Promise of Beauty & Why it Matters by Shakti Maira, released by Geeta Chandran, Namita Gokhale and Ruth Padel
Venue: COX & KINGS CHARBAGH[/themify_col]
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[themify_col grid=”2-1 first”]5:15pm – 6:15pm[/themify_col]
[themify_col grid=”2-1″]“I Resemble Everyone But Myself”: Understanding A.K. Ramanujan: Guillermo Rodríguez in conversation with Philip A. Lutgendorf and Arshia Sattar
Venue: Durbar Hall[/themify_col]
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21st January 2017:
An uber intriguing and profound day for all the visitors; soaking in the weekend euphoria to the T.
[themify_col grid=”2-1 first”]9:15 – 9:50am[/themify_col]
[themify_col grid=”2-1″]Morning Music: Padmini Rao[/themify_col]
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[themify_col grid=”2-1 first”]10:00am – 11am[/themify_col]
[themify_col grid=”2-1″]The Page is Mightier than the Screen: Alan Hollinghurst, David Hare, Neil Jordan, Richard Flanagan and Ritesh Batra in conversation with Chandrahas Choudhury
Venue: Cox & Kings Charbagh[/themify_col]
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[themify_col grid=”2-1 first”]11:15am – 12:15pm[/themify_col]
[themify_col grid=”2-1″]Standing on an Apple Box: Memoirs and Memories: Aishwaryaa Rajinikanth Dhanush in conversation with Sudha Sadhanand
Venue: Front Lawn[/themify_col]
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[themify_col grid=”2-1 first”]12:30pm – 1.30pm[/themify_col]
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Awakenings: Freedom to Dream: Ornit Shani in conversation with Puneeta Roy
Venue: Samvad
The Street of Eternal Happiness: Rob Schmitz introduced Samanth Subramanian
Venue: Durbar Hall
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[themify_col grid=”2-1 first”]1:40pm – 2:20pm[/themify_col]
[themify_col grid=”2-1″]The Kahaani Connection: Story of My Stories: Neelesh Misra introduced by Rahul Pandita
Venue: Front Lawn[/themify_col]
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[themify_col grid=”2-1 first”]2:30pm – 3:30pm[/themify_col]
[themify_col grid=”2-1″]Olympus: Devdutt Pattanaik introduced by Amrita Tripathi
Venue: Mughal Tent[/themify_col]
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[themify_col grid=”2-1 first”]3:45pm – 4:45pm[/themify_col]
[themify_col grid=”2-1″]Things to Leave Behind: Namita Gokhale in conversation with Mrinal Pande and Sunil Sethi
Venue: Front Lawn[/themify_col]
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[themify_col grid=”2-1 first”]4.45pm – 5:15pm[/themify_col]
[themify_col grid=”2-1″]Awards and Book launches scheduled to be conducted at 4 spots: Mughal Tent, Cox & Kings Charbagh, Front Lawn, Samvad. Head to any of the location or simply soak in the ambience of this grand festival. Just roaming around will be a jovial experience.[/themify_col]
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[themify_col grid=”2-1 first”]5:15pm – 6:15pm[/themify_col]
[themify_col grid=”2-1″]At Home in the World: Angélica Freitas, Eka Kurniawan, Kyoko Yoshida, Vivek Shanbhag and Yassmin Abdel-Magied in conversation with Helena Kennedy
Venue: Front Lawn[/themify_col]
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22nd January 2017:
Trespassing into all quotidian realms of friendship, trust and creativity
[themify_col grid=”2-1 first”]9:15am – 9:50am[/themify_col]
[themify_col grid=”2-1″]Morning Music: Debashish Dey[/themify_col]
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[themify_col grid=”2-1 first”]10:00am – 11am[/themify_col]
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Channelling Creativity: Christopher Merrill, Karim Alrawi, Kyoko Yoshida, Natasa Duruvicova and Vivek Shanbhag in conversation with Chandrahas Choudhury
Venue: Baithak
Experiments with Truth: Janhavi Prasada introduced by Madhav Khosla
Venue: Samvad
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[themify_col grid=”2-1 first”]11:15am – 12:15pm[/themify_col]
[themify_col grid=”2-1″]Remembering the Raj: Shashi Tharoor in conversation with Michael Dwyer
Venue: Front Lawn[/themify_col]
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[themify_col grid=”2-1 first”]12:30pm – 1.30pm[/themify_col]
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The Art of Rivalry: Friendships, Betrayals and Breakthroughs in Modern Art: Sebastian Smee introduced by Anindita Ghose
Venue: Durbar Hall
The Colour of Money: Ashwin Sanghi, Binod Chaudhury, Hindol Sengupta and Suhel Seth in conversation with Jyoti Malhotra
Venue: Front Lawn
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[themify_col grid=”2-1 first”]1:40pm – 2:20pm[/themify_col]
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The Camera in Jaipur: Rahaab Allana and Sudhir Kasliwal in conversation with Giles Tillotson
Venue: Baithak
Book Launch: Rajasthani Stories Retold by Rima Hooja (Rajasthani tales are uber engaging, trust me!)
Venue: Samvad
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[themify_col grid=”2-1 first”]3:45pm – 4:45pm[/themify_col]
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Jai Hanuman: Philip A. Lutgendorf and Shubha Vilas in conversation with Arshia Sattar
Venue: Front Lawn
The Girl Who Chose: Devdutt Pattanaik introduced by Ashok Ferrey
Venue: Samvad
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[themify_col grid=”2-1 first”]4.45pm – 5:15pm[/themify_col]
[themify_col grid=”2-1″]Book launching event at Charbagh, Front lawn and Samvad.[/themify_col]
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[themify_col grid=”2-1 first”]5:15pm – 6:15pm[/themify_col]
[themify_col grid=”2-1″]The Art of the Screenplay: Bruce Robinson, David Hare, Neil Jordan, Prasoon Joshi and Ritesh Batra in conversation with Raja Sen
Venue: Front Lawn[/themify_col]
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23rd January 2017:
A fun day with all things amusing and outlandish
[themify_col grid=”2-1 first”]9:15 – 9:50am[/themify_col]
[themify_col grid=”2-1″]Morning Music: East Meets Middle East
Venue: Front Lawn[/themify_col]
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[themify_col grid=”2-1 first”]10:00am – 11am[/themify_col]
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Manelists, Misogyny and Mansplaining: Antara Ganguli, Anuradha Beniwal, Bee Rowlatt, Ruchira Gupta and Suhel Seth in conversation with Amrita Tripathi
Venue: Charbagh
Mother India: Indian Films and the National Narrative: Imitiaz Ali, Javed Akhtar, Swanand Kirkire, Rachel Dwyer and Sudhir Mishra in conversation with Shubhra Gupta
Venue: Front Lawn
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[themify_col grid=”2-1 first”]11:15am – 12:15pm[/themify_col]
[themify_col grid=”2-1″]The Girl with Seven Names: Hyeonseo Lee introduced by Anita Anand
Venue: Charbagh[/themify_col]
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[themify_col grid=”2-1 first”]12:30pm – 1.30pm[/themify_col]
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Footloose: The Travel Session: Aarathi Prasad, Bee Rowlatt, Brigid Keenan, Nidhi Dugar and Simon Winchester in conversation with William Dalrymple
Venue: Charbagh
Shakespeare’s Restless World: Neil MacGregor introduced by Tim Supple
Venue: Front Lawn
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[themify_col grid=”2-1 first”]1:40pm – 2:20pm[/themify_col]
[themify_col grid=”2-1″]Khwaja Gharib Nawaz: A Message of Love: Imitiaz Ali, Reema Abbasi and Syed Salman Chishty in conversation with Sadia Dehlvi
Venue: Charbagh[/themify_col]
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[themify_col grid=”2-1 first”]2:30pm – 3:30pm[/themify_col]
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In Many Tongues: Voices from Brazil, Iceland, Wales, Latvia, Mauritius, Luxembourg, Croatia and Macedonia:
Angélica Freitas, Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir, Eluned Gramich, Inga Žolude, Issa Asgarally, Pierre Joris, Roman Simić and Rumena Buzarovska introduced by Alexandra Buchler
Venue: Charbagh
You Got Magic!:
Neel Madhav introduced by Mallika DuaVenue: SamvadEmpire of Things: How We Became a World of Consumers:
Frank Trentmann introduced by Mihir S. Sharma
Venue: Front Lawn
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[themify_col grid=”2-1 first”]3:45pm – 4:45pm[/themify_col]
[themify_col grid=”2-1″]Let them Eat Chaos: Kate Tempest in Performance: Kate Tempest introduced by Tishani Doshi
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[themify_col grid=”2-1 first”]4.45pm – 5:15pm[/themify_col]
[themify_col grid=”2-1″]Women Waging Peace: Dhrubajyoti Bora, Naseem Shafaie and Ornit Shani in conversation with Ruchira Gupta
Venue: Baithak[/themify_col]
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Here we list the Top 20 Speakers of JLF 2017
| Notable Speakers you must listen to: | Better Known As |
| Aishwarya Rajnikant Dhanush | Director & Entrepreneur |
| Javed Akhtar | Poet & Lyricist |
| Prasoon Joshi | Lyricist, Poet & Advertising Professional |
| Vasundhara Raje | Chief Minister of Rajasthan |
| Alka Pande | Writer & Art Curator |
| Ambika Dutt | Poet |
| Anindita Ghose | Journalist |
| Anita Anand | Writer & Broadcaster |
| Shashi Tharoor | Writer, Politician & Diplomat |
| Gulzar | Poet & Lyricist |
| Amitabh Kant | Senior Civil Servant |
| Pushpent Pant | Writer |
| Imtiaz Ali | Director & Screenwriter |
| Kapil Sibal | Poet, Politician & Lawyer |
| Nandana Sen | Writer, Translator & Children’s Rights Activist |
| Sudhir Mishra | Director |
| Mita Kapur | Writer & Journalist |
| Manav Kaul | Writer, Playwright, Actor & Director |
| Swanand Kirkire | Lyricist, Scriptwriter & Director |
| Sadaf Saaz | Writer & Festival Director (Dhaka Lit Fest) |
What a great start to 2017. Isn’t it? Register yourself online on their website. Opt for JLF online registrations to save your bucks and time at the venue.
