JLF – A Compilation

Feb 2nd, 2011 | By Editors | Category: News

A compilation of articles on the Jaipur Literature Festival

A discussion based on a topic suggested by Orhan Pamuk to explore what he termed “a constellation of problems non-Western writers face”.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Do-non-western-writers-face-more-problems/articleshow/7344248.cms

Amidst the brawl, a few sparks
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110122/jsp/frontpage/story_13478268.jsp

Are the books a relic of the past with the onset of the digital age? A video of the debate:
http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/we-the-people/will-books-survive-the-digital-age/188858

A big, noisy, Indian festival
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110123/jsp/frontpage/story_13481139.jsp
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/books/jaipur-puts-on-the-worlds-best-book-party/article1880759/

A tale of two laureates
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110124/jsp/nation/story_13485099.jsp

“a thinking person’s carnival”
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jan/26/world/la-fg-india-books-20110126

“We coulda danced all night”
http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/amritatripathi/149/62192/jaipur-lit-fest-we-coulda-danced-all-night.html

Interpreting India at the JLF
http://www.hindustantimes.com/The-literary-Indian/Article1-656257.aspx

New Indian Nonfiction: A Wave or a Ripple?
http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2011/01/25/is-the-new-indian-nonfiction-a-wave-or-a-ripple/

Mumbai’s Night Out
http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2011/01/24/literary-limelight-still-shines-on-mumbai/

He won’t do interviews, or engage with readers, or collect Bookers. So what was JM Coetzee doing at Jaipur?
http://www.bangaloremirror.com/article/31/201101302011013018181759218fc5484/A-quiet-man-at-a-noisy-festival.html

Like they see it in Nepal:
http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/nepalikukur/
http://www.nepalitimes.com/issue/2011/01/29/LifeTimes/17886

Special thanks to Jaya Bhattacharji Rose for helping us put this together.

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