Jaipur . On the fourth day of Jaipur Literature Festival, Hotel Clarks, Amer witnessed an influx of speakers and audience. In the sessions that ended last day, journalist, author and columnist Veer Sanghvi interacted with Member of Parliament and bestselling author, Shashi Tharoor. Tharoor is a magician of words, having authored 20 highly acclaimed books. During the discussion, Tharoor spoke about his love of reading books. Talking about India’s diversity, Tharoor said, “The India that rejects any one, rejects us all.” In one of the sessions, ‘Ancient India: Culture of Contradiction’, historian, author and festival co-director, William Dalrymple interacted with renowned professor and author Upinder Singh. Upinder Singh has written a lot on ancient India, political violence etc. During the session, Singh discussed his new book, The Idea of Ancient India.
The fourth day of the festival began with a yoga session on the front lawn by Shikha Mehra, Nutrition Consultant and Yoga Teacher. Mehra started the practice with breathing exercises, and removed the tightness and tension present in the body and mind. The session ended with the practice of Pranayama. This morning energy was carried forward by ‘The Aawan Project’. ‘Ahwaan’, true to its name, invokes (invites) ooze and positive energy, by channeling Kabir’s philosophy into powerful music. Musicians in the band were: Sumit Balakrishnan, Anirban Ghosh, Vedi Sinha, Varun Gupta and Nikhil Vasudevan.
Today’s attractions:
• Speakers present at one of the sessions were: Violinist Ambi Subramaniam; Lyricist and singer, Shekhar Ravjiani; Composer Ayan Ali Bangash; And researcher writer and curator Sadhna Rao shared her understanding and experiences related to the meaning of ‘Raaga’. Ragas by their very nature speak of the immortality of creation, freedom of expression and freedom. In the ancient and asymmetrical system of ragas, there was an expression of every color and rasa. In JLF 2022, experts from classical and contemporary music gathered on one platform and spoke. During the discussion, Shekhar said that he considers himself lucky that he is associated with music. Talking about the process, he said, “…for me a raga is a sentiment…when I work on a tune, a tune is playing in my mind, now what is the name of that raga, I don’t know, when I make it, its people say that – this song is taken from outside…”
• In a session on the importance of Mother Earth, Wildlife, Nature Conservation, Literature and Healing in our lives, author Vandana Singh-Lal interacts with award-winning British poet Ruth Padel and environmentalist biologist, author and columnist Neha Sinha. In the session, Padel talked about and read excerpts from his book, Where the Serpent Lives, while Sinha read excerpts from his book, Wild and Willful. On how man should be associated with the forests, Sinha said, “That is the thing to fear about the forest… If you live within your limits, the animals also respect you, but the truth is that People don’t always follow limits… That’s the biggest shortcoming of human beings, that we want to cross every limit.”
• Film critic and writer Anupama Chopra’s book, A Place in My Heart is a beautiful document of the magic of cinema and cine-lovers. In a conversation with writer Shunali Khullar Shroff, Chopra discusses her work, sadhana and films in detail. Chopra also talked about celebrities like Amitabh Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra, Karan Johar and Zoya Akhtar. Sharing his views on cinema, he said, “…I am against any kind of rules in cinema…”
• At the Han Michalski Foundation meeting, Design Direction Pvt. Archana Surana, Founder and Director, Arch College of Design, interacted with Satish Gokhale, owner of Ltd. The session was based on the outline of the harmony of man and the environment in the future. The business model of the future will have to take nature into account in every respect.
• One session was based on language and its possibilities. Publisher and editor Aditi Maheshwari Goyal spoke to popular writers Divya Prakash Dubey and Nishant Jain present on the stage. Interesting thing happened in the session on the changing nature of English language. English language has become ‘cool’ for the new generation. The new digital medium has provided a new platform not only to those who love English, but also to those who earn through English. English, once considered a difficult language, suddenly became the medium of expression for the younger generation. The story behind this change and its future writers gave very meaningful thoughts.
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