Jill of all Trades
How many of us are Jill of all trades? The session saw a very refreshing and joyous discussion among the rock stars of female fiction- Milan Vohra, Minnie Vaid and Piya Bahadur, hosted by Sudha Menon.
Each of these …
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BLF 2019 Reports Day 2
Line of Sight
We had Vaibhav Purandare in conversation with our esteemed guest of the hour, former cricketer and umpire of the Australian Cricket Board, Mr. Simon Taufel. Mr. Simon launched his latest book, Finding the gaps at the Bangalore Literature Festival. His …
Misadventures of the Urban Woman
Realities of urban women can be conflicting and complex, it can also be comic and contain melodies of everyday life. In the session, two well known women authors from different genres came together to discuss their recently published books, which …
Yoga Vs. Bhoga
One of the most interesting sessions at the festival was a talk by Devdutt Pattanaik, at eight in the evening which was also the concluding session. A mythologist, speaker, illustrator and an author, Devdutt Pattanaik enchanted the audience with his …
The Inheritance Of Loss – Jallianwala and After
The session, “The Inheritance Of Loss – Jallianwala and After”, saw a sensitive and poignant discussion on the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, among writers Amandeep Sandhu, Manreet Sodhi Someshwar, and Navdeep Suri, moderated by Preeti Gill.
The attendees of the session …