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Jaipur Lit fest Live: Javed Akhtar, Kancha Illaiah have a spat over God
Day two of the Jaipur Literature Festival: Firstpost Editors Sandip Roy and Lakshmi Chaudhry are at the event and we are live blogging updates.
Image from JLF official website[/caption]The second day of the Jaipur Literature festival is underway at the Diggi palace after a relatively quiet day one, which had among its highlights, a session by the Dalai Lama, a keynote address by Maheswata Devi and a panel with a few Pakistani authors which passed off without a hitch.Day two will see a host of sessions with authors like Patrick French, Ariel Dorfman, and Homi Bhaba.Firstpost Editors Sandip Roy and Lakshmi Chaudhry are at the event and we are live blogging updates.(For mobile updates click here)First Published:Jan 25, 2013, 16:10:50 IST
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