Jaipur Literature Festival 2013

Nandy made bad statement with good intentions: Kancha Ilaiah

IIaiah's statement comes a day after Nandy was booked by Rajasthan Police under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for his comment.

FIR filed against Nandy over corruption comment at JLF

A case has been registered against Ashish Nandy under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

Jaipur Lit Fest Live: Most corrupt are SC/ST, OBCs, says Ashish Nandy

Day three will see a host of sessions with authors and journalists like Gurcharan Das, Tarun Tejpal and Swapan Dasgupta. Firstpost Editors Sandip Roy and Lakshmi Chaudhry are at the event and we are live blogging updates.

JLF: Javed Akhtar spars with Kancha Illaiah over religion

A quarrel over religion broke out between Bollywood lyricist and scriptwriter Javed Akhtar and Dalit activist and writer Kancha Illaiah at the Jaipur Literature Festival here on Friday.

China has to learn from India: Dalai Lama

The Dalai Lama almost recreated last year's 'Oprah' moment at the literary extravaganza when people found it difficult to even find a place to stand in the over-crowded Tata Steel grounds at Diggi Palace.

Jaipur Lit Fest should not be politicised, says Ashok Gehlot

Gehlot said that whatever the Pakistani Army did was condemnable, but the visit of Pakistani authors to the literary festival should not be politicised.

Why it is fashionable to attack the Jaipur Literature Festival

Socialites and wanna be writers ask each other "What lit fest did YOU go to?" Now the likes of the RSS and Mili Council ask "What lit fest did you protest?" And the Jaipur Lit Fest is the brand both sides want in their portfolio.

Dalai Lama to visit Jaipur Lit Fest ahead of talk on Buddha

Earlier, the festival had hosted Sufism and the Bhakti movement as topics of discussion at the festival, beginning at the Diggi Palace in Jaipur 24 January.