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Tuesday, December 16, 2025
TopicJindal Literature Festival

Topic: Jindal Literature Festival

Revisiting Urdu poet Noon Meem Rashid’s legacy at Jindal Lit Fest—‘he speaks to the human conscience’

New collection of Rashid’s nazms, compiled & edited by festival director Amitabh Baghel, attempts to revive the poet's voice and make him more visible.

General secrets from frozen peaks: A Kargil veteran reveals what politically correct writers left out

At the Jindal Literature Festival, Maj Gen (Retd) Lakhwinder Singh reveals secrets from 25 years ago, speaking about the decision that outwitted Musharraf and changed the course of the war. 

‘All thanks to Nalanda’—tracing ancient university’s influence in today’s math & AI at Jindal Lit Fest  

Poet-turned-historian Abhay K speaks of Nalanda’s role in shaping today’s education, architecture, and even artificial intelligence.

What does national ‘fabric’ mean for a country as diverse as India? Panelists discuss at Jindal Lit Fest

Historian Anirudh Kanisetti brought up idea of Indian subcontinent as a land without borders, a region where cultures, ideas, people could move in free circulation. 

Perfect reels, real problems: Teens, online mirage & ‘learning to play the game’ at Jindal Lit Fest

Author Jyotsna Mohan discusses the pressures teenaged minds face, the addictions and depression that follow and how they should not hesitate to take a helping hand through these difficult times. 

The Tale of Pratap: What if northern India’s ‘most defiant’ newspaper existed today

The newspaper began its journey in Lahore in 1919, just two weeks before the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, originally as an Urdu publication. 

Of Raags, jugalbandi & banter. A musical soiree with Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt at Jindal Lit Fest

The Padma Bhushan-winning musician was accompanied by his son Salil on Mohan Veena and Pandit Himanshu Mahant from Banaras Gharana on tabla.

Inside the real world of Cholas, at Jindal Lit Fest. Power tussles, temple politics, rats on royal menu

Historian Anirudh Kanisetti delves into the history of the Chola dynasty. Medieval empires were dynamic and complex, unlike the fixed borders we imagine today, he says.

The rosogolla, the blouse, the nightshade: Hashmi’s recipe of India’s mixed-up past at Jindal Lit Fest

Before the chillies and long before paneer crashed the rosogolla debate, India was at the crossroads of borrowed flavours and traditions. And historian Sohail Hashmi busts some myths.

Tales of biryani, paan & Rampur kitchen. An afternoon on India’s rich food history at Jindal Lit Fest

The real flavours of Rampur’s kitchens have long been overshadowed by the more famous Awadhi Rasoi, says Prof. Pushpesh Pant at panel discussion with writer Tarana Husain Khan.

On Camera

Top 10 picks of Serendipity Art Festival 2025 by Rohit Chawla

Through film, textile, scent, sound, and gesture, spectators are invited to descend into an immersive environment where inherited knowledge seeps through material and form.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.