The Must Attend Sessions At ZEE JAIPUR LITERATURE FESTIVAL 2018

All the book lovers who have travelled from everywhere just to visit their love at the 11^th edition of Jaipur Literature Festival from 25^th to 29^th January, there are some mind-blowing sessions awaiting you.

• 25^th January, 4.45pm in conversation with Swati Chopra
  Padmini: The Spirited Queen of Chittor by Mridula BehariThe session is dedicated to the beautiful Rajpoot queen who has been much in talks these days. From book to a film, this session is a must attend due to the importance of her in the country at the moment.

• 26^th January, 1.40pm in conversation with Vinod Dua
  Manto: The Man and the Legend – Nandita Das and Nawazuddin SiddiquiThe artists of the industry share their take on the legendary Sadat Hasan Manto.

• 26^th January, 3.45pm in conversation with Sampurna Chattarji
  The Rosogolla Wars – Ajoy Bose, Arunava Sinha, Sanjoy K. Roy, Sudeep Chakravarti and Swapan DasguptaRosogolla should be the national sweet of India because of its consistency, texture and endless love. But this session is not devoted to how great Rosogolla is but the Geographical Identifications authorities have ruled in favor of Bengal for the Rosogolla war against Odisha.

• 27^th January, 11.15am in conversation with Meru Gokhale
  Bridget Jones’ Diaries – Helen FieldingThe novel has managed to impart the idea that “from nothing we can be something”. Bridget is an idol because her issues are real and we all associate with her in some way, so attend this session and turn your life around.

• 27^th January, 12.30 pm in conversation with Tridip Suhrud
  In the same spirit, Itihaas- Transalating Historical Fiction – Abhijit Kothari, Rita Kothari and Vikrant PandeAs the name suggests the session promises to be spirited and enlightening.

• 27^th January, 1.40pm in conversation with Poonam Saxena
  Book Launch – Na Bairi Na Koi Begana – Surendra Mohan PathakPathak tells his own story of the 1940s-50s when he was growing up and was becoming the person he is today.

• 27^th January, 1.40pm in conversation with Eric Akoto
  Litro World Series: India: The Power of Fiction Across Borders and of Translation – Shashi Tharoor, Suki Kim, Tishani Doshi and Vivek ShanbagHear the story of the language of literature.

• 27^th January, 2.30pm in conversation with Anu Singh Choudhary and introduced by Namita Gokhale
  Lok Bhasha: The Oxford Dictionaries’ Hindi Word of the Year – Ashok Vajpeyi, Chitra Mudgal, Pankaj Dubey, Saurabh Dwivedi and Vinod Dua Hindi is the most versed language in the country after English and it makes us feel at home.

• 27^th January, 3.45pm in conversation with Amrita Tripathi
  The Wodehouse Effect – Philip Norman, Shashi Tharoor and Swapan DasguptaThe legacy must continue of experiences and exaggeration.

• 27^th January, 5.15pm in conversation with Tom Stoppard
  Globe to Globe: Why Hamlet Works in Every Country of the World – Dominic DromgooleTo attend or not to attend that is the question. But Shakespeare work demands to be attended.

• 28^th January, 10am
  The Rise and Fall of Dinosaurs in India – Pradip Krishen and Pranay LalJurassic Park completes 25 years in 2018. But the dinosaurs have been alarming us for millions of years.

• 28^th January, 11.15am in conversation with Sukrita Paul Kumar
  Afreen Afreen – Nasera Sharma and Rakshanda JalilThe session about the most melodious language in the world ‘Urdu’ and is a must attend because they will surely play Afreen Afreen, the hit song. 

• 28^th January, 2.30pm in conversation with Sanjoy K. Roy
  The Perils of Celebrity – Soha Ali Khan and Sharmila TagoreThe mother-daughter duo, tap into their own life to tell us the perks and perils of being a celebrity.

• 29^th January, 12.30pm in conversation with Anu Singh
  Hindi Medium: Language and Elitism – Annie Montaut, Avinash Das, Satyanand Nirupam, Satya Vyas and Vineet KumarFilms on language like Hindi Medium and English-Vinglish deserve the attention of the public. Say no to language shaming.

• 29^th January, 5.15pm moderated by Namita Bhandare
  #MeToo: Do Men Still Have It Easy? Bee Rowlatt, John Freeman, Pinky Anand, Ruchira Gupta, Sandip Roy, John Freeman and Vinod Dua.There are far too many #MeToo’s in the world and social media has only been able to tell us a few stories.