{"id":2704,"date":"2013-12-31T07:15:33","date_gmt":"2013-12-31T00:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogbox.indianeagle.com\/\/?p=2704"},"modified":"2017-05-08T12:56:56","modified_gmt":"2017-05-08T12:56:56","slug":"details-of-jaipur-literature-festival-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/details-of-jaipur-literature-festival-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Who\u2019s Who of Jaipur Literature Festival 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jaipur Literature Festival is the festival of those whose pens are mightier than swords. The largest literary fest in Asia, it is the meeting point of the cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me from such niches as literature, journalism, academics, and publishing, at Diggi Palace in the Pink City. Since its inception in the year 2006, the event has reached out to the best talents and the most creative minds across the globe. With the 7th session in 2014, the festival is all set to touch a new height.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/details-of-jaipur-literature-festival-2014.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2709 size-full\" title=\"Details of Jaipur Literature Festival 2014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/details-of-jaipur-literature-festival-2014.jpg\" alt=\"Jaipur Literature festival details, Jaipur literature festival 2014, festivals of Jaipur\" width=\"550\" height=\"340\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Scheduled to continue from January 17 \u2013 21, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/tag\/jaipur\/\">Jaipur<\/a> Literature Festival is as holy as the sites of pilgrimage in India, to the devotees of literature, the fans of acclaimed authors, and creative writing aspirants. As in previous years, Pulitzer Prize winners, nominees for Man Booker Prize 2013, and noted academicians from some of the prestigious universities will be the face of the festival 2014. With an engaging ambience due to debates, discussions, workshops and concerts, Jaipur Literature Festival will remain a powerhouse of thoughts, ideas and creativity for 5 days.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There is a curiosity about the who\u2019s who for the 7th edition of the festival among the literature buffs. It is the speakers among the invited authors, activists, journalists and academicians, who add stars to the event and steal the show. The festival rocks with their enlightening speeches on different topics such as survival of regional languages, extinction of tribal languages, the changing art of writing stories, the evolving art of screenwriting, adaptation of creative writing for the celluloid, women\u2019s power of writing, Bollywood\u2019s evolution, and likes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Here is the list of who\u2019s who for Jaipur Literature Festival 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jhumpa Lahiri \u2013 a Pulitzer Prize winning Indian American author<br \/>\nAntony Beevor \u2013 a leading military historian with two non-fiction awards<br \/>\nGanesh N. Devy \u2013 a diehard tribal activist and fellow of Jawaharlal Nehru<br \/>\nAmish Tripathi \u2013 the acclaimed author of The Immortals of Meluha<br \/>\nIrrfan Khan \u2013 a National Film Award winning Bollywood actor<br \/>\nGloria Steinem \u2013 a leading fighter for the cause of women<br \/>\nGeoff Dyer \u2013 an award winning novelist and literary critic<br \/>\nMary Kom \u2013 the Olympic Bronze Medal winning boxer<br \/>\nAmartya Sen \u2013 a Noble Award winning economist and author<br \/>\nSamantha Shannon \u2013 a young writer and the next to JK Rowling<br \/>\nRobyn Davidson \u2013 an Australian travel writer and author of \u201cTracks\u201d<br \/>\nSabrina Dhawan \u2013 a screenwriter and professor at New York University<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The galaxy of glitterati to grace the festival 2014 includes Geetanjali Shree, Mahesh Dattani, Narendra Kohli, Jerry Pinto, Vaidehi, Lily Wangchhuk, David Cannadine, Rana Mitter, Rupert Everett, Mary Beard and Maya Jasanoff. Namita Gokhale, Co-director of the festival, states that Jaipur Literature Festival is a celebration of creativity in different forms through the prism of global literature. The festival fetched a crowd of 180,000 visitors last year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Travel to India to witness the craze, the fervor, and the love for literature this year. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/\">IndianEagle.com<\/a> is booking flights to India at the lowest airfare. Don\u2019t miss the opportunity to attend the world\u2019s largest free literary fest!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jaipur Literature Festival is the festival of those whose pens are mightier than swords. The largest literary fest in Asia, it is the meeting point of the cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me from such niches as literature, journalism, academics, and publishing, at Diggi Palace in the Pink City. 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