The Jaipur Literature festival is called the greatest festival on Earth for a good reason. And rightly so. Afterall, a festival which has bewitched and captured the hearts of one and all, is nothing short of a living legend. Literature and art buffs categorically become achingly restless to arrive at the venue and drool in the festive nuances of this festival.
The Jaipur literature festival is all set to kickstart on the 19th January to shower it’s vibrancy on the city dwellers plus the array of tourists who arrive at the venue to celebrate and explore works from a galaxy of artists.
It is a long festival stretched over 5 days. For your convenience, a filtered list of events have been selected, which you must make sure you indulge in, if you are at the venue. These are sessions which you would regret if you miss. If given a choice, I would want to attend all the mentioned below. My time management prep just got super easy. You can try this too, if you would want a more fruitful time in the grounds of the sprawling Diggi Palace, which has been the venue for the festival ever since 2008, when the festival officially started. Carry a print out of this to the venue to have a easy-breezy navigation throughout the festival time.
Jaipur Literature Festivals 2017 Schedule
19th January 2017 Events: Miaden day of ‘JLF 2017’ will offer you a perfect confluence of what JLF stands for. A perfect start to the grandest festival on Earth, navigating you through the wondrous and the profound.
| 9:15-9:50am | Morning Music: Shillong Chamber Choir |
| 10:00am – 11am | Keynote Address: Gulzar & Anne Waldman
Venue: Front Lawn |
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11:15am – 12:15pm |
Jawai: The Land of the Leopard: Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, Jaisal Singh and Ruth Padel in conversation with Meru GokhaleVenue: Mughal Tent |
| 12:30pm – 1.30pm | Imagine: The Freedom to Dream: Anne Waldman introduced by Puneeta RoyVenue: Samvad |
| Murder, Madness and the Oxford English Dictionary: Simon Winchester introduced by Jonathan ShaininVenue: Charbagh |
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| 1:40pm – 2:20pm | Eternal Cities: Encounters and Inspirations Abhay K, Amruta Patil Marcos Giralt Torrente in conversation with Rob SchmitzVenue: Front Lawn |
| 2:30pm – 3:30pm | Negotiating the Net in the Teen Years: Clare Azzopardi in conversation with Anu Singh ChoudharyVenue: Samvad |
| 3:45pm – 4:45pm | The Quest for life: Spiritual and Material Strivings of Rural Rajasthan: Bhrigupati Singh and Hari Ram Meena introduced by Ashutosh Varshney
Venue: Durbar Hall |
| 4.45pm – 5:15pm | 3 Book launches lined up for this hour at Front Lawn, Mughal Tent and Samvad. In case you are not interested, you can go and munch on some yummy snacks available at counters inside the venue. |
| 5:15pm – 6:15pm | We The People of India: Ashok Desai in conversation with Pratap Bhanu Mehta and Madhav KhoslaVenue: Charbagh |
| In Search of a Muse: On Writing Poetry: Anne Waldman, Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir, Ishion Hutchinson, Kate Tempest, Tishani Doshi and Vladimir Lucien in conversation with Ruth PadelVenue: Mughal Tent |
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| Poetry Hour 7×7: Kavita Nirantar: Ambika Dutt, Angélica Freitas, Madhup Mohta and Nandana Sen, moderated by Sukrita PaulKumarVenue: Samvad |
20th January 2017: A peek-a-boo into spell-binding aspects of life and society which will sweep you off your stance.
Recommended For You: Jaipur Literature Festival 2017 Top 17 Speakers
| 9:15-9:50am | Morning Music |
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10:00am – 11am |
Navras: Understanding Indian Aesthetics: Alka Pande, Harsha Dehejia, James McHugh and Makarand Paranjape in conversation with Mrinal Pande.Venue: BAITHAK |
| Suspected Poetry: Gulzar and Pavan K. Varma in conversation
Venue: Front Lawn |
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11:15am – 12:15pm |
Kohinoor: Anita Anand and William Dalrymple introduced by Swapan DasguptaVenue: COX & KINGS CHARBAGH |
| The Heart: Maylis de K Maylis de Kerangal in conversation with Amrita Tripathi erangal in conversation with Amrita TripathiVenue: Durbar Hall |
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| 12:30pm – 1.30pm | Main Shayar Toh Nahin: Rishi Kapoor in conversation with Rachel DwyerVenue: Front Lawn |
| 1:40pm – 2:20pm | Book Launch: Living With Tigers by Valmik Thapar, released by Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje with readings by Sanjna Kapoor.
Venue: MUGHAL TENT |
| 2:30pm – 3:30pm | The Line of Beauty: Alan Hollinghurst in conversation with Chandrahas ChoudhuryVenue: Front Lawn |
| 3:45pm – 4:45pm | The Pleasures and Perfections of Sanskrit: Jim Mallinson, S.R. Bhatt and Sudha Gopalakrishnan in conversation with Vikram ChandraVenue: Baithak |
| 4.45pm – 5:15pm | Book Launch: The Promise of Beauty & Why it Matters by Shakti Maira, released by Geeta Chandran, Namita Gokhale and Ruth Padel
Venue: COX & KINGS CHARBAGH |
| 5:15pm – 6:15pm | “I Resemble Everyone But Myself”: Understanding A.K. Ramanujan: Guillermo Rodríguez in conversation with Philip A. Lutgendorf and Arshia SattarVenue: Durbar Hall |
21st January 2017: An uber intriguing and profound day for all the visitors; soaking in the weekend euphoria to the T.
| 9:15-9:50am | Morning Music: Padmini Rao |
| 10:00am – 11am | The Page is Mightier than the Screen:
Alan Hollinghurst, David Hare, Neil Jordan, Richard Flanagan and Ritesh Batra in conversation with Chandrahas Choudhury Venue: Cox & Kings Charbagh |
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11:15am – 12:15pm |
Standing on an Apple Box: Memoirs and Memories:
Aishwaryaa Rajinikanth Dhanush in conversation with Sudha Sadhanand Venue: Front Lawn |
| 12:30pm – 1.30pm | Awakenings: Freedom to Dream: Ornit Shani in conversation with Puneeta RoyVenue: Samvad |
| The Street of Eternal Happiness: Rob Schmitz introduced Samanth SubramanianVenue: Durbar Hall |
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| 1:40pm – 2:20pm | The Kahaani Connection: Story of My Stories: Neelesh Misra introduced by Rahul Pandita
Venue: Front Lawn |
| 2:30pm – 3:30pm | Olympus: Devdutt Pattanaik introduced by Amrita Tripathi
Venue: Mughal Tent |
| 3:45pm – 4:45pm | Things to Leave Behind: Namita Gokhale in conversation with Mrinal Pande and Sunil SethiVenue: Front Lawn |
| 4.45pm – 5:15pm | Awards and Book launches scheduled to be conducted at 4 spots: Mughal Tent, Cox & Kings Charbagh, Front Lawn, Samvad. Head to any of the location or simply soak in the ambience of this grand festival. Just roaming around will be a jovial experience. |
| 5:15pm – 6:15pm | At Home in the World: Angélica Freitas, Eka Kurniawan, Kyoko Yoshida, Vivek Shanbhag and Yassmin Abdel-Magied in conversation with Helena KennedyVenue: Front Lawn |
22nd January 2017: Trespassing into all quotidian realms of friendship, trust and creativity
| 9:15am – 9:50am | Morning Music: Debashish Dey |
| 10:00am – 11am | Channelling Creativity: Christopher Merrill, Karim Alrawi, Kyoko Yoshida, Natasa Duruvicova and Vivek Shanbhag in conversation with Chandrahas ChoudhuryVenue: Baithak |
| Experiments with Truth: Janhavi Prasada introduced by Madhav KhoslaVenue: Samvad |
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11:15am – 12:15pm |
Remembering the Raj: Shashi Tharoor in conversation with Michael DwyerVenue: Front Lawn |
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12:30pm – 1.30pm |
The Art of Rivalry: Friendships, Betrayals and Breakthroughs in Modern Art: Sebastian Smee introduced by Anindita GhoseVenue: Durbar Hall |
| The Colour of Money: Ashwin Sanghi, Binod Chaudhury, Hindol Sengupta and Suhel Seth in conversation with Jyoti MalhotraVenue: Front Lawn |
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1:40pm – 2:20pm |
The Camera in Jaipur: Rahaab Allana and Sudhir Kasliwal in conversation with Giles Tillotson.Venue: Baithak |
| Book Launch: Rajasthani Stories Retold by Rima Hooja (Rajasthani tales are uber engaging, trust me!)
Venue: Samvad |
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| 3:45pm – 4:45pm | Jai Hanuman: Philip A. Lutgendorf and Shubha Vilas in conversation with Arshia SattarVenue: Front Lawn |
| The Girl Who Chose: Devdutt Pattanaik introduced by Ashok FerreyVenue: Samvad |
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| 4.45pm – 5:15pm | Book launching event at Charbagh, Front lawn and Samvad. |
| 5:15pm – 6:15pm | The Art of the Screenplay: Bruce Robinson, David Hare, Neil Jordan, Prasoon Joshi and Ritesh Batra in conversation with Raja SenVenue: Front Lawn |
23rd January 2017: A fun day with all things amusing and outlandish
| 9:15-9:50am | Morning Music: East Meets Middle East
Venue: Front Lawn |
| 10:00am – 11am | Manelists, Misogyny and Mansplaining: Antara Ganguli, Anuradha Beniwal, Bee Rowlatt, Ruchira Gupta and Suhel Seth in conversation with Amrita TripathiVenue: Charbagh |
| Mother India: Indian Films and the National Narrative: Imitiaz Ali, Javed Akhtar, Swanand Kirkire, Rachel Dwyer and Sudhir Mishra in conversation with Shubhra GuptaVenue: Front Lawn |
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11:15am – 12:15pm |
The Girl with Seven Names: Hyeonseo Lee introduced by Anita AnandVenue: Charbagh |
| 12:30pm – 1.30pm | Footloose: The Travel Session: Aarathi Prasad, Bee Rowlatt, Brigid Keenan, Nidhi Dugar and Simon Winchester in conversation with William DalrympleVenue: Charbagh |
| Shakespeare’s Restless World: Neil MacGregor introduced by Tim SuppleVenue: Front Lawn |
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| 1:40pm – 2:20pm | Khwaja Gharib Nawaz: A Message of Love: Imitiaz Ali, Reema Abbasi and Syed Salman Chishty in conversation with Sadia DehlviVenue: Charbagh |
| 2:30pm – 3:30pm | In Many Tongues: Voices from Brazil, Iceland, Wales, Latvia, Mauritius, Luxembourg, Croatia and Macedonia: Angélica Freitas, Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir, Eluned Gramich, Inga Žolude, Issa Asgarally, Pierre Joris, Roman Simić and Rumena Buzarovska introduced by Alexandra BuchlerVenue: Charbagh |
| You Got Magic!: Neel Madhav introduced by Mallika DuaVenue: SamvadEmpire of Things: How We Became a World of Consumers: Frank Trentmann introduced by Mihir S. SharmaVenue: Front Lawn |
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| 3:45pm – 4:45pm | Let them Eat Chaos: Kate Tempest in Performance: Kate Tempest introduced by Tishani DoshiVenue: Front Lawn |
| 4.45pm – 5:15pm | Women Waging Peace: Dhrubajyoti Bora, Naseem Shafaie and Ornit Shani in conversation with Ruchira GuptaVenue: Baithak |
What a great start to 2017. Isn’t it? Opt for JLF online registrations to save your bucks and time at the venue. After all, what is a life sans art?
Follow up on the next article for information about speakers, ticketing
