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Thursday, October 2, 2025
TopicLiterary festivals

Topic: Literary festivals

Shashi Tharoor on why the Jaipur Lit Fest is not just about parties and celebrity writers

Many at the Jaipur Literature Festival are drawn by the idea of taking selfies with celebrities than with reading their books or engaging with their ideas.

To be a true leader, Priyanka Chopra must speak about sexual harassment in Bollywood and abroad

Has the literature circuit been Bollywoodised with Priyanka Chopra delivering the Penguin Annual Lecture this year? The answer is: what hasn’t?

On Camera

Political MK Gandhi failed, caused harm. Gave Congress its tradition of backseat driving

Gandhi’s life shows how politics should not be done. Then where did this Gandhi-worship arise in India? It is a petty political ritual.

More Andhra-style prawn fry for Indian plates? How Naidu’s trying to blunt US tariff hit on aqua exports

Naidu attempts to shield aqua farmers after Trump’s tariff hits the shrimp farming sector in Andhra Pradesh, leading to the cancellation of 50% of the state's exports.

Finnish giant ICEYE to build signature radar microsatellites in India, offers full control to govt

Company builds microsatellites that are smaller, faster, cheaper to produce. ICEYE will develop & launch micro-satellites, hand them over to India, which will have full control & sovereignty.

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.