Jaipur Literature Festival
jaipur literature festival jlf annual literary festival take place indian city jaipur year month january founded diggi palace hotel serf main venue festival session held hall audience throughout garden diggi palace city centre festival director writer namita gokhale william dalrymple produced sanjoy roy teamwork art festival initiative jaipur virasat foundation jvf founded faith singh originally segment jaipur heritage international festival developed freestanding festival literature standing foot jvfs community director vinod joshi regional advisor event festival free ticketed number event occurred related salman rushdie satanic verse controversy number event created organiser jlf loosely named jlf international taken place city around world inaugural jaipur literature festival featured writer including hari kunzru william dalrymple shobhaa de namita gokhale others drew crowd attendee appeared tourist simply got lost according event codirector william dalrymple festival grew size featured salman rushdie kiran desai suketu mehta shashi deshpande william dalrymple festival continued expand attendee following authorsspeakers ian mcewan donna tartt john berendt paul zacharia indra sinha uday prakash christopher hampton manil suri miranda seymour festival attendee authorsspeakers including vikram seth pico iyer michael ondaatje simon schama tina brown hanif kureshi hari kunzru pankaj mishra tariq ali ahmed rashid patrick french mohsin hamid mohammed hanif wendy doniger sunil gangopadhyay tarun tejpal sashi tharoor u r ananthmurthy alka saraogi anuragh mathur ashok vajpeyi ashis nandy basharat peer charles nicoll christophe jaffrelot colin thubron daniyal mueenuddin geetanjali shree mukul kesavan musharraf ali farooqui g narayana rao nikita lalwani paul zacharia pavan k varma rana dasgupta r faruqui tash aw udayan vajpeyi farah khan sonia faleiro music provided dj cheb sabbah nitin sawney salman ahmad junoon unplugged shye ben tzur rajasthan root paban da baul others evening concert five day special theme oral tradition india elsewhere festival attendee authorsspeakers including geoff dyer henry louis gate jr jamaica kincaid niall ferguson vikram chandra hemant shesh festival writer like hemant shesh prasoon joshi javed akhtar gulzar candace bushnell speaker included nobelwinners j coetzee orhan pamuk festival held january talkshow host oprah winfrey author salman rushdie among name announced advance rushdie later cancelled indeed cancelled complete tour india citing possible threat life primary reason rushdie investigated police report hitman hired assassinate implied police might exaggerated potential danger police said ruchir joshi jeet thayil hari kunzru amitava kumar fled jaipur advice official jaipur literature festival reading excerpt satanic verse banned india kunzru later wrote intention offend anyones religious sensibility give voice writer silenced death threat proposed video link session rushdie jaipur literature festival ran difficulty government pressured festival stop rushdie expressed disappointment behalf india india religious extremist prevent free expression idea literary festival politician let say bed groupsfor narrow electoral reason police force unable secure venue demonstrator even know demonstration way chairman press council india former judge supreme court markandey katju said although favour religious obscurantism found rushdie poor substandard writer focus detracting fundamental issue colonial inferiority complex among educated indian literary mission could scottish novelist allan massie wrote response word word word form argument abuse peter florence director hay festival said whole affair showed importance book festival january rushdie responded chetan bhagat via twitter popular writer taunted work festival scheduled january earlier year reported tentative list speaker season would number including v naipaul chetan bhagat amish tripathi festival also expanded beyond four wall diggi palace holding event venue including music stage clark amer jaipur bookmark narain niwas two special session amer fort hawa mahal focus heritage culture supported rajasthan tourism notable session festival included two packed session nobel laureate sir v naipaul former president india dr apj abdul kalam drew strong crowd front lawn diggi palace jaipur lit fest began diggi palace scheduled gair dance barmer rajasthan accompanied crowd waiting since early morning chief minister vasundhara raje inaugurated festival lighting ceremonial lamp reminisced childhood memory reading book year jaipur literature festival entered limca book record notable speaker jaipur literature festival included writer shashi tharoor nassim nicholas taleb jaipur literature festival organised january diggi palace jaipur biggest yet event saw participation people across world represented international indian language participant included author novelist essayist actor politician musician lyricist film director historian scientist broadcaster businessperson poet translator marketer journalist publisher playwright critic academic civil servant dancer therapist activist among prominent speaker edition helen fielding hamid karzai shashi tharoor anurag kashyap chetan bhagat chitra mudgal kota neelima nayantara sahgal prasoon joshi rajdeep sardesai roly keating tom stoppard sagarika ghose sharmila tagore sheila dikshit shobha de soha ali khan vinod dua vir sanghvi vishal bhardwaj apart lecture book discussion debate book reading book launch jaipur literature festival also featured music stage headlined kailash kher theatrical dance performance hawa mahal jaipur literature festival organised royal diggi palace jaipur january around speaker expected visit jaipur literature festival – including prominent writer shobha de known bold writing style anuradha roy indian novelist journalist chitra banerjee best known novel palace illusion speaker including manisha koirala indian actress mithali raj indian woman cricket team captain would attraction festival would talk journey challenge life name jaipur literature festival – jon lee anderson american biographer author investigative reporter juergen boo ceo frankfurt book fair marc quinnbritish visual artist markus zusak international bestselling author book thief molly crabapple n madhavan malayalam fictionwriter columnist narendra kohli dramatist comedian noviolet bulawayo perumal murugan tamil author literary speaker priyamvada natarajan astronomer professor yale andre aciman author memoirist professor known novel call name jaipur literature festival took place royal diggi palace january around speaker attended festival jaipur literature festival took place virtual edition february around speaker scheduled attend festival edition festival took place january february festival hosted speaker writer thinker politician journalist popular cultural icon representing indian international language well major award nobel booker prize pulitzer prize sahitya akademi award first time diggi palace primary venue first time festival completely free notable speaker include nobel prize winner abdulrazak gurnah booker prize winner damon galgut indian writer vikram sampath shashi tharoor saket suman gurmehar kaur year related event also taken place various time boulder colorado houston texas adelaide australia british library london annually – new york city november event adelaide first annual recurrence known jlf adelaide presented part ozasia festival official website jlf jaipur literature festival archived january wayback machine rajasthan event jaipur indian book market come time jaipur literature festival bigger yes better dna india let literature blow trumpet speaker ichroniclein archived original december retrieved december promise winter brings statesman new delhi november everything need know jaipur literature festival – jaipur fever