Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) will start from Thursday. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot will inaugurate the five-day JLF at Diggi Palace Hotel in Jaipur at 10 am. This time the JLF will comprise 550 speakers from all over the world. Like this every year, this time too, as speakers, writers, politicians, celebrities and journalists related to the film world, speaking on topics like art, constitution, fashion, politics, economy, climate change, current affairs, writing, society and living languages etc.
Issues like NRC, CAA and Delhi's JNU can also be discussed during the festival. Although the organizers have not listed these issues in the festival at the moment, but every time there is a dispute about some of the topics discussed, this time these three issues can be discussed. This time the venue of JLF is decorated with Rajasthani colors, which will see a mixture of historical tradition, heritage and globalism of the state.
Former minister KJ Alphonse will be the speaker in a session related to literature during the festival. At the same time, former Union Minister and Congress leader Jairam Ramesh will discuss with writers Viju B and Kripa Gay in a session related to environment and climate change. Former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor will have a session on Shashi on Shashi. Film actresses Sonali Bendre and Nandita Das will speak in two separate sessions. Lyricist Javed Akhtar will present his side of the double character theme of writer and festival director. Like, former PM's National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon will hold discussions with former Portuguese government minister Bruno Marques at the Asia Rising Session. The session will also feature Professor Deepak Nayyar of JNU Delhi.
Nobel laureate Abhijeet Banerjee will speak at the Poor Economics Fighting Global Poverty Session. Political philosopher Girdhar Das will communicate with investor Mohit Satyanand on the subject in changing the world. Chinese writer Bruno Marques will communicate with Manoj Joshi and Sujiv Shakya on the ambition of India and South Asia as a new trade policy. Investor Mohit Satyanand will speak with Tata Sons director A Gopalakrishnan at the doodles on Leadership during the festival.
Similarly, there will be a session on generic medicines. British journalist Christina Lamb will communicate with well-known journalist Suhasini Haider. Writers Chitra Mudgal and Rohini Chaudhary will discuss a land in their own writing The Feminine Session. In one session, novelist Chandrahas Chaudhary will discuss with famous actress Madhur Jafri. Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot and former Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje will also speak during the festival.
During the festival, five world-renowned writers Elizabeth Gilbert, Lila Slimani, Avni Doshi, John Lancaster and Howard Jacobson will communicate in a season based on fiction. Meanwhile, Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Greenblast, Dexter Filkins, Anand Gopal, Booker Award winner Howard Jacobson, Joll Lanchester as well as Lam Sissay, Simon Armitage, Forrest Gander, Paul Mildran, David Wallas, social activist Aruna Roy, cultural commentator Ahdaf of Egypt Soif, Meghna Gulzar, Amitabh Bagchi, Anita Nair, Ashok Chakradhar, Ashwini Sanghi, Sandeep Unnithan, Shobhaa De, Rana Many writers and writers including Shri Das Gupta, Ruby Lal, Nilesh Mishra, Roy Strong, Subodh Gupta, Makarand Parajpe, James Mallinson , Shubhangi Swaroop, Steve Call, Avni Saiystad and Devadutt Patnaik discuss various sessions and listen to audience questions. Will also answer accordingly to JLF organizers, this Mahakumbh of five-day literature will be attended by people from all over the world.
