Decriminalization of homosexuality by the Supreme Court of the country is just the beginning of the battle. The panel discussion on Section 377 on the second day of the literature festival was one of the most interactive sessions of all. …
The young Benny Daniel was an engineer in the middle-east. Far away from home and having nothing much to do after work, he took to reading. The next 8 years he kept reading. He also wrote a lot of letters …
The session ‘Lives of Girls & Women’ witnessed an interesting conversation between the author of the book ‘Rulebreakers’ – Preeti Shenoy and the author of the book ‘Nine chambered heart’ – Janice Pariat and was moderated by Kiran Manral. These …
The history that we come from is rich, and often has a sense of mystique around it. This is especially so when places like Hampi fall into the list. The city in ruins, and UNESCO World Heritage site, Hampi is …
The Naale Baa had seen a great deal of vibrancy in all its discussions, by now. With Girish Karnad and Arundhati Nag’s vivid Hampi recollections, a literary panel decoding women in conflict zones or a high fired debate on the …
‘Women in conflict zones are not victims’. That was the general consensus among the panellists of ‘Women in Conflict Zones’ comprising of eminent figures like Barkha Dutt, Jasmina Tesanovic, Paro Anand and Rashmi Saxena. The discussions were driven by Humra …
“If you really want to read a country, read its crime novels” – This quote pretty much sums up this intriguing panel that took the listeners to the world of crime and fiction. The panel had diverse representations in …
India has been seen by the world through myriad prisms for a long time. From the epithet of ‘land of snake charmers’ and mystics to being touted as the next big emerging power, India keeps changing its imagery on the …
This session was about the recent Kannada play Rakshasa Tangidi by the very eminent Kannada personality and playwright Girish Karnad who in conversation with Deepa Ganesh revealed the intricacies of the ruins of Hampi and the battle of Vijayanagara. Karnad …
The panel of ladies: Manjima Bhattacharya author of ‘Mannequin-Working women in India’s glamour industry’. Shvetha Jaishankar, former beauty pageant titleholder of Femina Miss India, entrepreneur, now the author of ‘Gorgeous- Eat well, Look great’ along with Susan Thomas discussed fashion …
Shoma Chaudhury, who moderated the session introduced the author Jasmina Tesanovic who is a journalist, feminist, political activist, and filmmaker. On Serbia bombing in 1999, Jasmina started the conversation saying that she believed it could happen to anyone, anywhere and …
While describing the work of Ananda Teltumbde, Prof. Chandan Gowda start the session by explaining the work of the author as analytical, it is always a relational analysis. Teltumbde writes about caste explicitly but his style is different. He engages …
Weird serendipity. That is how Sophie Hannah got the approval from the Christie family and began writing Poirot novels. Sophie’s maverick literary agent sowed these ideas into the mind of a HarperCollins editor, who immediately rejected the idea. A thorough …
In a short and crisp session on ‘The Descent of Man’ at the ‘Naale Baa’ venue, poet, essayist, and critic Vijay Seshadri was in conversation with author Ranjit Hoskote. The dialogue hovered over and went into the contours of poetry …
When the sun retires after a blazing day, and the temperature drops, nothing else can make it more magical than soulful music from the accomplished Rekha Bharadwaj, and the mystical acoustic guitar player Mayukh Sarkar. Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri, the …
What happens when five young writers come together on one platform and through their literary works connect with the idea of youth, restlessness, and ambition? This was a pure collaboration of ideas where each author explored the theme in context …
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 …
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 …
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 …
