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OI-OneIndia Staff
the seventh day of the 15th edition of Jaipur Literature Festival There will be enlightening sessions on Indian Democracy, Electoral Process, Challenges of Middle East, Legacy of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar and other topics.
Prolific writer and diplomat, Omar Saif is in conversation with Ghobash, Navdeep Suri and Talmiz Ahmed Navtej Sarna. An insightful and informative session on the tides of the Middle East, a region that embodies the changing sands – changing borders, perspectives, socio-political structures, hands of power and the world stage.
As the region and the world most tightly align and re-align today, what are the future expectations, challenges and state of the metamorphosis for the vast and dynamic Middle East? The session will throw light on those issues.
Justice Madan B. Lokur, an eminent jurist and retired judge of the Supreme Court of India; Guru Prakash Paswan, the architect of modern Dalit history and national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party; and Naveen B. Chawla, former Chief Election Commissioner of India and author of several books, including Every Vote Counts, will participate in a session that explores the narratives and counter-narratives of the electoral process and the democratic system.
In conversation with academic Vijay Tankha, he discusses the political and electoral process, the paradoxes of democracy, and its victories and dissent.
Vijay Gokhale, Bruno Makos, Mahfouz Anam and Jyoti Malhotra will join the conversation among Asian countries about the political, economic, strategic and cultural dimensions of emerging powers, its inter-Asian dynamics and external powers and the possibility of its manifestation . With the future of global architecture. He will interact with TCA Raghavan, discuss the emerging world order and the outlook for the future.
Two recent autobiographies evaluate the life and legacy of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. Writer and historian Vikram Sampath’s two-volume biography, Savarkar: Echoes from a Forgotten Past and Savarkar: A Contested Legacy, traces Savarkar’s journey from a fierce revolutionary to a social activist to India’s struggle against the events that shaped the world. leads to freedom and division.
Journalist, political analyst and author, Uday Mahurkar’s Veer Savarkar: The Man Who Could Prevented Partition, co-authored with Viva Pandit, examines Savarkar’s role as a pioneer of India’s national security system and the evolving nature of his ideology. Huh. In conversation with journalist Mandira Nair, he discusses the controversial legacy of a man whose presence weighs heavily on India’s current political narrative.
Odia writer Paramita Satpathy, who received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2016 and, most recently, the prestigious Sarala Award for her novel Sahitya Kala, will be in conversation with journalist and author Saket Suman, Satpathy and Upadhyay, as she explores the wonders of the world and the world. discusses. Novel.
Day 6 Round Up:
,The Greatest Literary Show on Earth, Started off with a sizzling sun at their new home, Clarks Amer, in the pink city of Jaipur. Early risers flocked to grab seats to eat the calming tones of morning music on the front lawn of the thriving festival. The music paved the way for the inaugural session with a scintillating performance of Raga Miya Ki Todi by Ujjwal Nagar, the master of Hindustani classical music and the lead classical vocalist of the Indian fusion band Advaita.
Nagar began the performance by expressing that it was his pleasure to perform at the Jaipur Literature Festival 2022. He first composed a slow tempo and then he composed a fast medium tempo. It was a thrilling performance and a grand start to the 15th edition of the festival. After a scintillating presentation of the song, the program proceeded with the inaugural speech by the keynote speaker. Harish Trivedi and the United Nations Resident Coordinator for India from 2021 Shombhi Sharp With the festival directors and producers.
In his welcome address, Mr. Mahotsav Producer and Managing Director of Teamwork Arts, Sanjay K. Roy Said, “We welcome you all to the ongoing Jaipur Literature Festival! Last year, we were able to pivot online and launch our digital series JLF Brave New World, JLF Words Bridges, and the 2021 Jaipur Literature Festival, which is a complete was digital – reaching over 27.5 million people worldwide. This is the first year we took the Festival Hybrid, which started from March 5th to March 14th. So it’s a ten-day event of incredible wealth! This year, it’s just Not only is the festival new but a new home too. We are extremely happy to celebrate the 15th edition of the Jaipur Literature Festival at Hotel Clarks, Amer.”
Addressing the audience, Namita Gokhale, co-director of the festival said“Though I am very honored to receive the Sahitya Akademi Award, I am still here in Jaipur for the festival and not in Delhi to receive it as my award is for you and this prestigious festival.” He also said, “Revisiting the festival makes me emotional as I remember past editions of literary extravaganza featuring different authors and their stories.”
Writer, historian and festival co-director William Dalrymple Said, “I think the pandemic has been tough for everyone, but the performing arts, in particular, have found it to be an existential threat … the lockdown. But now we are back and how, in this wonderful In the new venue and as Namita said with the four Nobel laureates.
Talking about the festival, the keynote speaker Harish Trivedi said, “The body discards all the clothes and puts on new ones. The soul leaves all the bodies and puts on new ones. I would also say that this festival is an old place. leaves and lives in one. a new one.”
Concluding the opening remarks, Shomby Sharp, United Nations Resident Coordinator for India from 2021, said, “I am most fortunate to be here in the original Jaipur edition of this wonderful festival… Since arriving in India, I am deeply I am deeply influenced by the philosophy and values of sustainability that I see everywhere in Indian culture. India’s ambitious goals demonstrate to the world that climate action does not and cannot mean sacrificing equitable development.”
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