Suraj Yengde, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia delve into caste, history and music during their sessions at the Jaipur Literature Festival 2023
As Indian anti-caste scholar Sumit Samos took to the stage in the last few days, he has also been joined by Suraj Yengde, another scholar on the subject of caste. Yengde started the day with an early session titled ‘Caste Matters’ as he was in conversation with Surinder S Jodhka. Photo Courtesy: Jaipur Literature Festival 2023
Elsewhere at the festival, Indian-American author Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, known for ‘The Palace of Illusions’ and ‘The Forest of Enchantments’ took to the stage to discuss her latest book ‘Independence: A Novel’ with Indian author Aanchal Malhotra. Photo Courtesy: Jaipur Literature Festival 2023
Daisy Rockwell, the 2021 Booker Prize winner for her translation of Geetanjali Shree’s ‘Ret Samadhi’ into ‘Tomb of Sand’, was in conversation with Mita Kapur, Chuden Kabimo, Sheela Tomy, Arunava Sinha and Manoranjan Byapari about the beginnings and end of stories in the session ‘Beginnings and Endings’. Photo Courtesy: Jaipur Literature Festival 2023
As the clock struck 3 pm, legendary Indian flautist Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia took to the stage to speak about his life in a session with Sathya Saran, author of ‘Breath of Gold: Hariprasad Chaurasia’ and Sanjoy K Roy. With every word of Chaurasia, the audience was left spellbound. Photo Courtesy: Jaipur Literature Festival 2023
Historian and author Rana Safvi discussed her book ‘Tears of the Begum’ with Vidya Shah in the session titled ‘Tears of the Begum: Begumat ke Aansoo’. Safvi delved into the book that was translated from Urdu, the original was written by Khwaja Hasan Nizami. Photo Courtesy: Jaipur Literature Festival 2023
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