Litfest Delhi 2017 News
Love, Karma and YogaSwamiji summed up the Gita in three words: Paristhiti, life’s situation which varies, may be conducive, may not be conducive; Manositithi, the condition of the mind, and Atmastithi, the state above - Cooking for India - Pankaj Bhadouria
The Masterchef said that she wants to inform the world about the diversity and variety of spices the country has to offer. - Highlights: Day 1 at Times LitFest Delhi
It was a perfect weekend for the lovers of literature who showed up in huge numbers at the India Habitat Centre to catch a glimpse of their favourite authors and speakers. - Social media and the millennial voice: Youthful Protest in the new India
Out with her first book soon – memoirs that date back to the time she was 3 – Kaur has always wanted to tell stories, and not just her own but also her father’s, mother’s and grandmother’s. - Proud to say Nagpur is the compass that directs us: Sambit Patra
Unapologetic about the Bharatiya janta Party’s stand on Hindutva, BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra dismissed allegations that the saffron party was ‘remote controlled’ by Nagpur. - In the Indian democracy, space for dissent is shrinking: Ashok Vajpeyi
Perumal Murugan, Ashok Vajpeyi, Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar and N Ram—got together to brainstorm at the Times LitFest Delhi. - Banning art in the age of internet is a farce: Nandita Das
In a freewheeling conversation about her forthcoming film on Saadat Hasan Manto, Nandita Das spoke about Manto's relevance in today's world. - Wrote edgy novel when I was 26, a book for children at 62: Namita Gokhale
Author Namita Gokhale launched her latest book titled Lost In Time: Ghatotkacha And The Game Of lllusions at the third edition of the Times Litfest held in New Delhi. - No PM office was ever so weak: Arun Shourie
Shourie said that in his 40 years of observing politics in India, he had never witnessed an exaggeration of falsehoods of the kind happening now. - Writing in NE India and north Bengal hills
Parimal Bhattacharya and Rita Chowdhury said that the places where their stories are set have faced alienation and marginalization not only geographically but also in the world of letters. - Biological desires are governed by evolutionary processes: Ambarish Satwick
“I have started regarding Bollywood item numbers with a scientific temper,” said Ambarish Satwik, surgeon and author of Perineum: Nether Parts of the Empire. - Western ideas not the right filter to examine Indian realities: Manu Joseph
In conversation with his contemporary Amrita Tripathi, Joseph talked about the need for writers to document reality in an age dominated by hypocrisy. - Negotiating writerly relationship between mother and daughter
Actor and author Nandana Dev Sen speaks about her relationship with her writer mother Nabaneeta Dev Sen, an award-winning poet and academic. - India’s most powerful minister — Indira Gandhi
“Indira Gandhi was India’s first Dabangg leader,” said TOI’s consulting editor Sagarika Ghose. “She was a formidable and ruthless leader who perceived power like no one else.” - Nationhood and the need for nationalism
Can there be nationhood without nationalism? And 70 years after Independence, is there still the need for nationalism as a binding factor? - Founding mothers: A life less ordinary
In the early 90s, in the Mahatma’s ashram, a girl’s hair was chopped off for attracting attention of the opposite sex, and even now, a girl is shamed for getting raped. - Freedom of speech is ‘negative’ right: Chandrachud
Lawyers Abhinav Chandrachud and Akhil Sibal in their dialogue on free speech at the Times Literary Festival on Sunday agreed that this cannot be an absolute right, not just in India but in any - Let's not teach our children stupidity: Devdutt Pattanaik
Devdutt Pattanaik, the author who is known to have given mythology a retro spin, said he was much concerned that we are raising our kids stupid. - India and Pakistan should play the game of gentlemen frequently: Rajdeep Sardesai
“To my mind, play cricket more often… you’ll find it doesn’t become a war,” journalist and author Rajdeep Sardesai said on Sunday, the concluding day of the Times Litfest 2017. - From Nanavati to Aarushi Talwar: How the media gets it wrong in reporting criminal trials
Bachi Karkaria and Avirook Sen have written extensively on two widely discussed murder cases in recent times. - Stereotyping Islamist extremism, are we? Author Tabish Khair at the Times Lit Fest
Tabir Khair discussed how radicalism, especially when it comes to Islam, and terror needed to be understood first in order to fight it. - Ustad Amjad Ali Khan wants his sons to carry forward his legacy
The second day of the Times Lit Fest got under way with a date with musical royalty. “Swar hai toh Ishwar hai – I’m grateful that I live in the world of sound,” confessed the Ustad. - I’m against concentration of power: Economist Jean Dreze
Economist Jean Dreze revealed at the Times Literary Festival that his activism probably predates his academics... - BJP today is more 'Nehruvian' than 'Gandhian': Christophe Jaffrelot
French political scientist Christophe Jaffrelot charted the trajectory of Indian conservatism and the rise of right-wing politics at a Times LitFest session on Saturday... - BJP and Congress are interested in Tamil Nadu. So am I: Kamal Haasan
On the brink of launching himself into the rough and tumble of politics, actor Kamal Haasan said on Saturday he believed the proverbial dirt one gathered along the way in politics was “washable”. - Evolution of romance from letters to Snapchat
“The concept of romance is essentially the same even today. It’s just that the technology has evolved. Handwritten letters have been replaced by Snapchat...”
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