The session starts in the context of the ‘Love Jihad’. Two couples- Natasha and Ashraf, and Sadaf and Yatin, were being interviewed by Samar Halarnkar. Samar Halarnkar begins the session by asking Natasha and Ashraf about how their …
Mani Rao started off the session by giving an introduction about Shoba Narayan and her writing techniques. Upon discussing her versatile writing style, her various interests, and her works, she prompted the discussion further. Shoba Narayan, aided by Mani Rao’s …
Mahabharata, the Indian epic, has us all intrigued for ages with various questions about life, karma, dharma, and bhakti. The writers on the stage here, Krishna Udayasankar and Madhavi Mahadevan were so intrigued that they have written books about certain …
The Stage is decked up with five wonderful ladies, all of them poets, and are here to read out selective pieces of their poems themselves. It is the first day of the Bangalore Literature Festival 2020, and these ladies just …
The moderator for the session ‘Crime and the city’ was Krishna Udayasankar who is known for her amazing works like The Aryavata Chronicles, Immortal, and Objects of affection. The panel included Rachna Singh, V. Sanjay Kumar, and Zach O’Yeah. Rachna …
Neena Gopal, a former editor of the Bangalore edition of the Deccan Chronicle, interviews Declan Walsh, a Foreign Correspondent Reporter who was formerly the Pakistan bureau chief for the New York Times. His book, The Nine Lives of Pakistan, is …
This session was as heartwarming and delightful as Alexander McCall Smith’s books and the characters in them! Alexander joined remotely from Edinburgh and had a radiant smile and warm demeanor throughout the conversation.
Zack O’Yeah made it further interesting with …
All of them revealed that their works are always entrenched in Calcutta, whether in terms of the place, the people, or the experience. Bose discussed the elements she deeply enjoys and loves about Calcutta and its usage in her works …
“I don’t write to please somebody. I write because I enjoy it” says Sudha Murty, an engineer, social worker, and one of the most prominent writers of India.
The first session of the Bangalore Literature Festival 2020 witnessed an interesting …
The conversation began with Zac, who resides in Bangalore, narrating an incident in which he stopped a man trying to throw garbage into Sankey tank. He was rebuked on being a foreigner who cannot question a native of Bangalore. This …
The panel discussion started at 11am at the auditorium. The session explored two things, firstly the Masala Lab: The Science of Indian Cooking by Krish Ashok and secondly, discussion on the book What’s Wrong With You, Karthik? by Siddhartha Vaidyanathan. …
What could be a more relevant discussion during these pandemic times than having three versatile panelists discuss at length about it!
Amandeep Sandhu opened the conversation with his view on how in the last 9 months, as a nation, we …
It was an animated conversation between Niret, an award-winning television journalist, producer; and Anuja, his wife and the author of five best-selling novels who moved from advertising into writing; they have 3 children plus a few dogs and cats. Niret …
