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12th Edition | 2023
December 2-3
The Lalit Ashok, Bengaluru
After many years, the political landscape in Pakistan looks upbeat. Pakistan’s newly elected Prime Minister promised a new Pakistan during the campaigns. However, according to Farzana Shaikh, who is a well-known commentator on Pakistan for the international media, it may …
The conversation between the two accomplished writers started with a quote from a colleague when Meera was publishing her first novel; the colleague remarked that they do not read novels written by women since they begin in the kitchen, and …
The speaker for the session was Shoba Narayan who initially shared that her dream was to become a standup comedian. The speech was set around the Indian mythological spiritual animal: Cow; cow being a part of Indian mythology.
The speaker …
Urban Folk Project as a Youth Collective is trying to revive Kannada Folk Art, stories which have been transferred orally from generations to generations and has been confirmed as ‘classic’ but what Shilpa and Aditya Kothakota are sure about is …
‘Genes & Destiny: Are We Doomed to Be’ was a session filled with information about the science of genetics, the sociopolitical implications of the improvements in the field, and the effect it would have on the entire world. The session …
The conversation of Illiberalisation began on a high as Mr. Naresh Fernandes traced the few cases being discussed in media newsrooms only in the past one week, may it be on the 18th of October, where the concept of Love …
Building Blocks from Life: On Narrative Non-Fiction
Bachi Karkaria, Manu Pillai, Sandeep Unnithan, Shoba Narayan with VK Karthika
The ‘Naale Baa’ venue of the Bangalore Literature Festival 2018 hosted writers of contrasting styles and perspectives on non-fiction writing. On panel …
“By translating, I am violating a tradition”, says Professor Velcheru Narayana Rao, who was named the first Visweswara Rao and Sita Koppaka Professor in Telugu Culture, Literature, and History at Emory University. According to him, translation is new to India. …
The session ‘Lest we Forget – Descendants of Indenture’ speaks of the stories and the journey of indentured labours and their descendants. The session observed the presence of Award-winning South African poet, Athol Williams, Simit Bhagat, and Deirdre Jonklaas Cadiramen …
Human excesses, overdependence on machines, a dark vivid world in an alternate time, place, and universe, an uninhibited glimpse into what our futures can look like.
This is the world of Halahala, created by a Bangalore based visual graphic artist, …
Yet another two days of bards, mystics, words said, unsaid and all that’s left in-between. A forum where ideas clash, entwine, peak and attain a crescendo without any censorship, save that of the mind. The 7th edition of the Bangalore …
David Frawley spoke on ‘How I Became a Hindu: My Discovery of Vedic Dharma’ at the creatively named venue ‘Adjust Maadi’. Dr. David Frawley (Pandit Vamadeva Shastri) is a Vedic teacher and Hindu Acharya. He is the author of fifty …
“I don’t dream about my parents when I’m in Bangalore”, Vijay quips. He often dreams about them in so many other places but seems to be at peace when in Bangalore. The Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, Vijay Seshadri mulled over the …
The first day of Bengaluru Literature Festival began with an exuberant session with Aatish Taseer, an author with considerable relations with the Indian subcontinent. He is the son of Indian journalist Tavleen Singh and late Pakistani politician and businessman Salmaan …
While you are stuck in namma city’s inching traffic and wondering when you can afford your own private jet or even better evolve to develop wings of your own, here was a session that transported back to the colonial times …
6pm on 29th October | 2nd Day of the Bangalore Literature Festival – connoisseurs of literature moved through different directions; some took the left, another set walked from the right, and a few had to take the centre (political correctness?). …
Author and Journalist Prashant Jha says, “After 75 days of groundwork in Uttar Pradesh, I did anticipate a BJP win but not this massive a win”. He recollects how the former President Pranab Mukherjee once told him that you could …
Author and Journalist, Raghu Karnad quotes journalist James Cameron as he sits down with India’s first woman Foreign Secretary Nirupama Menon Rao to discuss India and China. India and China: How History is a Fickle Mistress – the session could …
When a national security expert, a journalist, and a feminist come together to discuss their perspectives on Borders, you can expect some uncensored truths. The session, ‘Border Tales’ saw Bishwanath Ghosh and General Kamal Davar putting across their perspectives on …
Journalist Dhanya Rajendran moderated a discussion with Jairam Ramesh, Member of Parliament and Harini Nagendra, Professor of Sustainability, Azim Premji University. The session was titled ‘Nature and the City ‘ and the discussion was focused around two books – Jairam’s …
