Jaipur Literature Festival
latest news & developments
SA needs to play catchup with India
"We are a much younger country than India, so it may seem unfair to compare, but we are not too young to make an effort to learn and catch up."
Festival to bookend all festivals
Once a year Jaipur becomes a literary wonderland, packed with people mad about the written word
Egalitarian literary festival draws big names and crowds
It’s not often Paul Theroux and Hanif Kureishi take on VS Naipul at a free literary festival in the desert.
Rushdie in doubt for Jaipur Festival after threats
British author Salman Rushdie’s planned appearance at the literary festival has been thrown into doubt after protests from influential Muslim clerics.
Salman Rushdie will attend Jaipur festival despite protest
<i>The Satanic Verses</i> author’s latest visit to his Indian homeland has angered some Muslim clerics.