The countdown for the Asia's biggest lit festival has begun. Welcome to DSC Jaipur Literature Festival to be held in the Pink City of Jaipur at the heritage property called Diggi Palace from 21st January – 25th January 2010.
According to the organizers, the event now in its fifth year promises a amalgamation of mix discussions, talks, and lectures by some of the world leading authors followed by vibrant theater performances, films and after sunset music. Each night renowned writers and lecturers give way to talented performers such as Susheela Raman, Titi Robin, Djaima, Rajasthan Roots and Paban Das Baul.
Presenting the literary and cultural identity, Jaipur Literature Festival will once again bring life to world of books. Described as the most interesting event, the fifth edition of festival is the biggest of its kind in the literary world, accessible to the common people free of cost. Piquant readings, lectures, panels and debates showcase both upcoming and renowned authors, according to Namita Gokhale, festival director, DSC Jaipur Literature Festival 2010.
Apart from showcasing the best of Indian language and English writing from India, this year the event will fetch' a Nobel laureate, a winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize, two Booker winners and five winners of the Pulitzer Prize for literature, as well as renoned writers from the world of history, biography, literary criticism, and travel, in addition to the stars of the world of fiction and the novel", said William Dalrymple, festival director.
The writers include Hanif Kureishi, Shobhaa De, Niall Ferguson, Louis De Bernieres, Roberto Calasso, Amit Chaudhuri, Geoff Dyer, Vikram Chandra, Tina Brown, Claire Tomalin, Michael Frayn, Mahasweta Devi, Indira Goswami, Krishna Sobti, Krishna Baldev Vaid, Steve Coll, Stephen Frears, Pavan Varma, Lawrence Wright, Christophe Jaffrelot, Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuk, Alexander McCall Smith, Wole Soyinka, Roddy Doyle and Anne Enright.
Aparana Chauhan
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