Participating in a panel discussion on the second day of the Jaipur Literature Festival, the multiple award-winning lyricist expressed hopelessness at the new lows that the political discourse in the country is hitting with every passing day. Without naming any politician or party, Gulzar said that the “kind of language”[Read More…]
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Rahul Gandhi will be PM if Congress gets majority: Shashi Tharoor
However, if it fails to get a clear majority and the government is formed with alliances, then the Prime Minister will be announced after mutual discussion and deliberations, he told reporters on the sidelines of the Jaipur Literature Festival. “The party’s present focus is on the 80 Lok Sabha seats[Read More…]
JLF enters its 12th edition amid festive fervour, security beefed up
Jaipur, The Jaipur Literature Festival entered its 12th edition with its characteristic fervour, with the loud beating of drums and rhythms of traditional Rajasthani musical instruments reverberating in the premises of Diggi Palace here on Thursday while the Rajasthan Police beefed up security to avoid any untoward incident. Personnel have[Read More…]
We’ll be fielding strongest Jaipur lineup ever in 2019: William Dalrymple
New Delhi: Come January, literary heavyweights will gather in Jaipur for a sumptuous feast of ideas at the annual Zee Jaipur Literature Festival. Its co-director and noted historian William Dalrymple said the organisers will be fielding the strongest lineup of literary heavyweights in the upcoming edition as the first 30[Read More…]