Entry free. No registration required.
Dates. November 26-27.
Venue:India Habitat CentreLodhi Road, Near Airforce Bal Bharati School New Delhi - 110003 | Phone : +91-011-24682001-05
Times Lit Fest-Delhi 2016 is a celebration of 70 years of India. As independent India begins its 70th year, we bring together the country’s leading authors, thinkers, influencers and change-agents to talk and debate the big ideas that have shaped the world’s largest democracy down the decades.
TLF-Delhi 2016 is a festival of books and ideas, where we showcase panel discussions, keynote addresses, talks and performances which examine the hopes, anxieties, achievements and course-corrections of what has been called the biggest and boldest democratic experiment in history: India@70.
How has Indian writing in English evolved and mirrored the changes that have taken place in these last 70 years? How has Indian cinema reflected India and evolved through the generations? What has been the record of Indian secularism? Is Indian nationalism inclusive or exclusive? Have Indian myths and traditions been explored enough? Does Indian spirituality provide answers to modern problems? Is Indian politics part of the solution or the problem?
How free are Indian entrepreneurs to explore new vistas? How have Indian fashions and styles changed over these last 70 years? Has student rebellion come of age? Has social media become the new national conversation? Is stand up-comedy finally coming of age in India as a new form of satirical self-expression? Some of India’s brightest minds and writers will be discussing these questions and many more at Times Lit Fest Delhi 2016.
Speakers
Ruskin Bond, Shashi Tharoor, Nandan Nilekani, Devdutt Pattanaik, Ramachandra Guha, Sharmila Tagore, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Husain Haqqani, Subramanian Swamy, P. Chidambaram, Amitabh Kant, Vasundhara Raje Scindia, Sonal Mansingh, Raghu Rai, Rajdeep Sardesai, Rishi Jaitly, Ashwin Sanghi, Ravi Subramanian, Kanhaiya Kumar, Barkha Dutt and Ravish Kumar will be among a wide galaxy of diverse talents speaking at TLF-Delhi 2016.
Change has been a constant in the life of India over the past 70 years and The Times of India has always been its vanguard. Reflecting this underlying spirit of the newspaper, TLF-Delhi 2016 will also showcase the theme 'Change Begins Here'. Our authors and speakers will not only dwell on the past but also discuss how to bring about change in every sphere of India: how can we move beyond the shibboleths of the past and embrace change, how do we create a society where change is positive, robust and moves us along towards an open, welcoming progressive society?
Takeaways
The talks and discussions at TLF-Delhi thus will not only look back but also forward, into a future that may be yet be unknown but is challenging and calling out for transformation: the role of technology, changes in media, the rise of citizen power, the rise of the Millennial, from speech to tweet, towards smart cities, how to bring change in elections, how to transform the economy, how to deal with political differences and plurality. ‘India@70—change begins here’. TLF-Delhi 2016 promises to be a think-fest with a difference, a conclave reflecting the pulsating heartbeat of India and the twists and turns of its shifting social moods. It is a Lit Fest imbued with the spirit of the Republic, the zeitgeist of India as its turns 70 and, above all, a celebration of new ideas that define our daily present and shape our futures.
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