Sunday started on a perfect note for Jaipur’s culture lovers. Santoor maestro Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma was in the city to talk about his book, Shiv Kumar Sharma The Man & His Music, edited by curator Ina Puri. Prabha Khaitan Foundation, Siyahi and ITC Rajputana partnered together for this event. Shree Cement Limited is the main supporter behind this event. Pandit Shiv Kumar held the audience captive …
An essential traveller’s companion This is an unusual collection of travel pieces by writers ranging from M.J. Akbar and Aman Nath to Devdutt Pattanaik, Jerry Pinto, Rahul Pandita and Advaita Kala. Featured here are essays on the changing face of the popular hill resort-Nainital, living as a Pakistani in the remote city of Copenhagen, a …
Interactive Session on Travelling In, Travelling Out with Namita Gokhale Read More »
Indrajit Hazra is the author of the novels The Burnt Forehead of Max Saul and The Garden of Earthly Delights, both of which have also been published in French. Grand Delusions: A Short Biography of Kolkata is his first book of non-fiction. He is the co-author of the Indian edition of The Novel Cure: An A- Z of Literary Remedies, which has recently …
The Illiterates is a unique panel where two comedians who read, make jokes about literary luminaries far smarter than them! ‘The Illiterates’, Sorabh Pant and Sapan Verma, dissect the literary world and walk the audience through their hilarious observations. They alienate the reading world, read out excerpts from banned books and make jokes no author should …
‘The Illiterates: Comedians Stand-up for Literature’ by Sorabh Pant and Sapan Varma Read More »
Dr. LM Sanghvi entered the world of medicine in the 1930s and retired as a professor of Medicine and Principal of SMS Medical College Jaipur in 1971. Through the three decades of government service and thirty years of private practice after retirement, he witnessed the metamorphosis of medical practice, research and training. He viewed with …
In a globalized India, the Ramayana has taken on a new relevance. Namita Gokhale and Malashri Lal engaged in conversation about the inspiration, concept and structure of the book, In Search of Sita:Revisiting Mythology. The editors state, ‘Our project, like the story of Sita, is situated in a cultural and mythic space which is specific to South Asia and also permeates the …
Belinda, one of India’s leading wildlife conservationists is best known for her Emmy Award winning film Land of the Tiger. She has co-authored five books, including Through The Tiger’s Eyes: A Chronicle of India’s Wildlife. Her photographs and writings have appeared in books, exhibitions, magazines and scientific journals throughout the world. She founded the Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI) …
Kunwar Natwar Singh is an Indian politician, a former senior bureaucrat, a former Union cabinet minister, and a writer. He served in the Indian Foreign Services until his resignation in 1984, to contest elections as a member of the Congress party. He served as the Minister of External Affairs from 1986 – 1989 and then …
Prabha Khaitan Memorial Lecture with Natwar Singh Read More »
Vikram Sampath is the author of three acclaimed books – Splendours of Royal Mysore: The Untold Story of the Wodeyars, My Name is Gauhar Jaan! The Life and Times of a Musician and Voice of the Veena: S. Balachander, A Biography. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar, 2012 and ARSC International Award for Excellence in Historical Research in Music, …