The DSC Jaipur Literature Festival

Although we are only five years old, already Jaipur is the biggest literature festival in Asia and the biggest completely free festival of literature in the world. As well as showcasing the best of Indian-language and English writing from India, we are this year hosting a Nobel laureate, a winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize, two Booker winners and five winners of the Pulitzer prize for Literature, as well as leading writers from the world of history, biography, literary criticism, and travel, in addition to the stars of the world of  fiction and the novel.  Writers include Hanif Kureishi, Niall Ferguson, Louis De Bernieres, Roberto Calasso, Amit Chaudhuri, Geoff Dyer,  Vikram Chandra, Tina Brown, Claire Tomalin, Michael Frayn, Mahasweta Devi, Shobhaa De Indira Goswami, Krishna Sobti, Krishna Baldev Vaid, Steve Coll, Stephen Frears, Pavan Varma, Lawrence Wright,  Christophe Jaffrelot, Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuk, and Alexander McCall Smith.

The highlights of the evenings include readings from Girish Karnad's Tughlaq by acclaimed actor Om Puri, performances by Titi Robin, Cheb I Sabbah, Susheela Raman, Djaima, Rajasthan Roots and Paban Das Baul, and readings and performances from William Dalrymple's Nine Lives.

For more information, visit http://jaipurliteraturefestival.org/.