With guests dressed to their nines, the opening ceremony at Rambagh Palace featured artists from India and abroad, adapting and adhering to Indian attire.
At the first panel discussion of the festival, titled Morality and Sexuality, writer and sexuality educator Jaya Sharma addressed the conflict between ‘good’ queers and ‘bad’ queers.
The discussion at the third edition of the Crime Literature Festival revolved around how men are struggling for justice and the way laws are biased in favour of women.
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.
Most people associated with the festival—whether it’s the hospitality partners, travel coordinators, and volunteers—share a family history of over 100 years in Nainital.
The ninth edition of the Valley of Words (VoW) Festival concluded on Sunday after two days of sessions on literature, culture, sustainability, and public policy.
In a session at the Delhi Lit Fest, panellists, including author Harsh V Pant and economist Sanjeev Sanyal, discussed the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan.
The Brahmaputra Literature Festival brought together artists, illustrators, poets, from Sikkim, Nagaland, Manipur, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, among other northeastern states.
These categories encompass fiction in English and Hindi, translations from various Indian languages, as well as books for young adults and children in bilingual formats.
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