Known for attracting a galaxy of literary stars, the ZEE Jaipur Literature
Festival has also become the place to launch the biggest books of the
year to the public
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This year’s line-up sees the launch of everything from cookbooks to books on
paintings, a look into cinema greats and into significant historical figures, as well
as investigative explorations of our lives in the modern world -
- 17 books will receive their launches at the ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival in 2016 Jaipur, January 21, 2016: The first book launched at the ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival 2016 is
Conversations at Jaipur: The Spirit of JLF, edited by Urvashi Butalia and launched by Puneet
Goenka and Sreyashi Goenka, owners of ZEE during the inaugural event. The book brings
together some of the best of the debates and discussions at JLF over the years. The book will then
be discussed in more detail at a session on 24th January.
Paresh Maity: World of Colours is an illustrated limited edition publication featuring a
comprehensive review of Paresh Maity’s vast repertoire in the Foundation’s collection. The Stellar
International Art Foundation is a non-profit setup which holds over 600 paintings and sculptures
dating from the late 19th century to present day, including renowned Indian and international
artists. Book Launch: 21 January, 1.40pm to 2.20pm: Paresh Maity: World of Colours, released by
The Stellar International Art Foundation. Rajnigandha Silver Pearls Front Lawns.
The Indian Accent Restaurant Cookbook is based on Indian Accent, the restaurant at The Manor,
New Delhi’s which serves a ground-breaking contemporary Indian menu by award-winning chef,
Manish Mehrotra. With photographs by Rohit Chawla, among India's foremost food
photographers, the cookbook has a selection of Indian Accent recipes to excite the adventurous
while satisfying traditional palates. Book Launch: 21 January 1.40 pm to 2.20pm: The Indian
Accent Restaurant Cookbook by Manish Mehrotra, released by Shobhaa De. Google Mughal
Tent.
The Art of the Jogi Family spiralled out of an encounter in the 1980s after which Ganesh Jogi and
his wife Teju started to draw. They were soon joined by their six children in what became a family
tradition. If their folkish naïveté is aesthetically pleasing, it also serves as a useful tool to reflect
upon the varied hues of their lived experience, between the village and the city, between tradition
and modernity. Book Launch: 21 January, 4.45pm – 5.15pm, Contemporary Expressions: Art of
the Jogi Family curated by Tulika Kedia, with Hon'ble Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and
Malvika Singh. Char Bagh Tent.
In You Can Be – Smarter and Wiser Meera Shenoy uses real life stories to inspire us celebrating
those who have converted their disability into an opportunity to touch and transform other
vulnerable lives. Book Launch: 21 January 4.45pm to 5.15pm: You Can Be- Smarter and Wiser:
Meera Shenoy, released by Sanjoy Roy and Namita Gokhale. Rajnigandha Silver Pearls Front
Lawns.
It’s not all books for adults, Thunderstorm: Dalit Stories by Ratan Kumar Sambharia comprises of
15 stories that are at once grim, wryly ironic, humorous and affecting portraying with rare acuity
the injustices rampant in a caste-driven society and the triggers that spark rebellion. Book Launch:
21 January, 4.45 to 5.15pm : Thunderstorm: Dalit Stories by Ratan Kumar Sambharia. Samvaad
Tent
In the panel session India at Play a stellar line up of sports people will discuss the national
obsession with cricket as well as an array of alternative popular sports, from football and wrestling
to boxing and polo. Acclaimed sports writer Suresh Menon has edited the Wisden India Almanack
2015 which will be launched during this session. Suresh Menon is joined by iconic cricketer Anil
Kumble, legendary footballer Baichang Bhutia and journalist and writer Sidin Vadukut to discuss
the nature of competitive sports and the fierce passions they inspire. Book Launch: 22 January,
12.25-1.25, Wisden India Almanack at India at Play. Rajnigandha Silver Pearls Front Lawns.
Renowned French writer and cineaste Jean-Claude Carrière has written Sujata Bajaj: Ganapati,
which also includes an interview with Sujata Bajaj by Kishore Singh. The book, published by Art
Alive Gallery, New Delhi, showcases the artist’s lifelong endeavour to capture and render the
essence of Ganapati, the beloved and enigmatic idol so important to the culture and belief of
many Indians. Book launch: 22 January, 1.40pm -2.20pm Sujata Bajaj: Ganapati by Jean-Claude
Carrière. Rajnigandha Silver Pearls Front Lawns.
Disasters came in the Himalayas, in Kedarnath, Kashmir and Nepal. Disasters can be a natural
occurrence, but the death of so many people attributed to these disasters does not naturally
follow. Himalaya Pe Kabristan is a first-hand report suggesting inefficient disaster management
was the reason behind the loss of 20,000 lives and investigates what went wrong. Book launch: 22
January 1.40pm to 2.20pm: Himalaya Pe Kabristan by Lakshmi Pant with Namita Gokhale and
Stephen Alter. Google Mughal Tent.
Being a good parent is a skill acquired over time and one that requires constantly adapting to the
rapidly changing times. In Is Your Child Ready to Face the World? Dr. Anupam Sibal, through his
experience as a father and a pediatrician outlines his approach to effectively getting through to
children despite modern distractions. Book launch: 22 January, 4.45pm – 5.15pm Is Your Child
Ready to Face the World? by Anupam Sibal, released by Bina Kak. Rajnigandha Silver Pearls
Front Lawns.
As a former cabinet minister, Salman Khurshid has witnessed crucial behind-the-scenes
developments that have had a profound impact on the destiny of the nation. In The Other Side of
the Mountain he takes the reader on a journey through politics, media, international relations,
the Nirbhaya tragedy and the Anna Hazare movement. 23 January, 1.40pm – 2.20pm, The Other
Side of the Mountain by Salman Khurshid. Rajnigandha Silver Pearls Front Lawns.
Another tasty treat is served up in Rajasthan on a Platter: Easy, Tasty, Healthy presenting
traditional, easy-to-cook Rajasthani meals for young homemakers and all food connoisseurs and
mixing traditional knowledge with the fast-changing, modern snacking generation. Book launch:
23 January, 1.40pm to 2.20 pm: Rajasthan On A Platter: Healthy, Tasty, Easy by Suman
Bhatnagar and Pushpa Gupta, released by Ram Pratap Diggi. Google Mughal Tent.
Gandhi - An Illustrated Biography by Pramod Kapoor will be launched at ZEE Jaipur Literature
Festival during the session, Beloved Bapu. A distinguished panel, including his granddaughter, Tara
Gandhi Bhattacharjee, will discuss the human vulnerability and genius of the man who became the
Mahatma, the conscience and political catalyst of his age. 23 January, 2.30pm – 3.30pm, Beloved
Bapu. Charbagh Tent.
From the film sets of Bollywood to a closeted marital home in a Tamil Nadu village; from the
rigours of a beauty parlour to a home for abandoned girls in Karnataka – walk with them. Walking
Towards Ourselves is a timely piercing and sometimes humorous exploration of what it means to
be a woman in India in a time of intense and incredible change. Book Launch: 23 January, 4.45pm5.15pm Walking Towards Ourselves: Indian Women Tell Their Stories edited by Catriona
Mitchell. Rajnigandha Silver Pearls Front Lawns.
ShabdVedh is the story of the extraordinary life and work of India's thesaurus man, Arvind Kumar.
It encompasses his 70-year journey in the world of words. In the late 70s, he plunged deep into
researching and preparing the first Hindi thesaurus. In 2007 Penguin India and Yatra Books
brought out a 3-volume Hindi-English, English-Hindi thesaurus/dictionary spanning nearly 3000
pages and with a database of one million English and Hindi expressions. Book Launch: 23 January,
4:45 pm – 5:00 pm, ShabdVedh by Javed Akhtar. Google Mughal Tent.
Iconic filmmaker and inheritor of the legendary Satyajit Ray’s legacy, Rituparno Ghosh was one of
the finest auteurs to emerge out of contemporary Bengal. His films, though rooted firmly in
middle-class values, desires and aspirations, are highly critical of hetero-patriarchal power
structures. This is the first scholarly study undertaken on Ghosh which discusses his contribution
to the cinematic landscape of India. Book launch: 24 January 1.40 -2.20 pm: Rituparno Ghosh:
Cinema, Gender and Art by Sangeeta Datta. Rajnigandha Silver Pearls Front Lawns.
Griffith Review 49: New Asia Now showcases outstanding young writers from the countries at the
centre of Asia's ongoing transformation. All born after 1970, they write about the people and
places they know with passion, flair and insight. Book Launch: 24 January, 4.45pm – 5.15pm,
Griffith Review 49: New Asia Now with Julianne Schultz and Jane Camens. Char Bagh Tent.
A session discussing the new book launched at the beginning of the Festival, Conversations at
Jaipur: The Spirit of JLF with Amish Tripathi, Bibek Debroy, Namita Gokhale, William Dalrymple
and Sanjoy Roy will take place at 4.45 – 5.15pm on 24 January in the Google Mughal Tent.
Audiences can buy books on site at the JLF Bookstore run by Full Circle
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About the ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival
The world’s largest free festival of its kind, the ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival has been described as the
‘greatest literary show on Earth’. Celebrating writers from across the world, the Festival has hosted some of
the best regarded and loved names ranging from Nobel Laureates and Man Booker Prize winners to star
debuts including Amish Tripathi, Eleanor Catton, Hanif Kureishi, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Ian
McEwan, JM Coetzee, Mohammed Hanif, Oprah Winfrey, Orhan Pamuk, Pico Iyer, Salman Rushdie, Vikram
Seth and Wole Soyinka, as well as renowned Indian language writers such as Girish Karnad, Mahasweta
Devi, MT Vasudevan Nair, Uday Prakash and UR Ananthamurthy.
Writers and Festival Directors William Dalrymple and Namita Gokhale invite authors from across the globe
to take part in the five-day programme set against a backdrop of Rajasthan’s stunning cultural heritage and
the Diggi Palace in the state capital Jaipur.
Equity and democracy run through the Festival’s veins placing some of the world’s greatest minds,
humanitarians, historians, politicians, business leaders, sports people and entertainers from all walks of life
on stage together. This free and egalitarian access to these renowned thinkers and writers is a powerful
statement in a country where access to such individuals remains a privilege of few. The ZEE Jaipur
Literature Festival provides a potentially life-changing opportunity for audiences from Rajasthan, across
India and the world to learn from and exchange ideas with contemporary literary stalwarts.
The Festival is a flagship event of Teamwork Arts, which produces over 25 highly acclaimed performing arts,
visual arts and literary festivals across more than 40 cities globally, and is produced by Sanjoy K. Roy. Since
2014, JLF has spread its wings beyond the borders of India with weekend events at London’s Southbank
Centre in May and Boulder, Colorado in September.
Website: www.jaipurliteraturefestival.org
About Teamwork Arts
For over 25 years, Teamwork Arts has taken India to the world and brought the world to India.
In countries such as Australia, Canada, Egypt, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Israel, Korea, Singapore,
South Africa, Spain, UK and USA, Teamwork produces over 25 highly acclaimed performing arts, visual arts
and literary festivals across more than 40 cities.
Teamwork produces one of the world’s largest free literary gatherings, the annual ZEE Jaipur Literature
Festival, international festivals Shared History in South Africa, Eye on India in the United States of America,
India by the Bay in Hong Kong, and many more.
Website: www.teamworkarts.com