Zee JLF 2018 News
The Festival has also won the hearts and minds of the younger generation.
Congress MP from Thiruvananthapuram Shashi Tharoor has indicated that there may be changes in the Congress party office bearers soon.
Tharoor said that the idea of Hindus as ‘seekers of truth’ appealed to his liberal tenor and says the ’simple attitude of liberalism finds itself a congenial home in Hinduism’.
Prasoon Joshi was earlier scheduled to address a session titled 'Main aur Woh: Conversations with Myself' at the Zee JLF 2018.
Prasoon Joshi was earlier scheduled to address a session titled 'Main aur Woh: Conversations with Myself' at the Zee JLF 2018.
Joshi was scheduled to participate in a session titled "Main aur Woh: Conversations with Myself".
"The basic tenet of democracy is citizenship and, while I agree we should be value-neutral, there is one value which we cannot neuter and that is the value of 'citizenship'."
The Canada-based author besides performing several of her poems was also seen giving advice to budding writers.
Eminent French political scientist Christophe Jaffrelot today said that in the absence of reservation, Dalits would not have reached anywhere, and it was "not as bad to be a Muslim than to be a Dalit".
Critically-acclaimed filmmaker Mira Nair has said her 2012 movie 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist', a post-9/11 political thriller based on an eponymous novel, was the "hardest" film she has ever made.
Keynote session on the first day of the Zee JLF 2018 was addressed by Pico Iyer, which had thousands of people standing at the Bank of Baroda Front Lawns.
Twitter users can watch the live stream of the event on Zee Jaipur Literature Festival's official handle.
A number of Mumbai-based speakers were featured in the second list, including bestselling novelist Amish.
Julia Donaldson, author of some of the world's best-loved children's books, will take the audience at the Jaipur Literature Festival on a journey of storytelling, performance and recitation besides talking about her popular creation -- The Gruffalo.
The festival’s core values remain unchanged; to serve as a democratic, non-aligned platform offering free and fair access.
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