Full schedule at: http://jaipurliteraturefestival.org/program-2011/
| Durbar Hall | Mughal Tent | Baithak | Front Lawns | ||
| Day 1 | |||||
| 11-12am | Pamuk & the Art of the Novel Orhan Pamuk in conversation with Chandrahas Choudhury Presented by DNA | ||||
| 12-1pm | Woodfinger: A Modern Folktale Rana Dasgupta in conversation with Tishani Doshi | ||||
| 2.30pm – 3.30pm | Two Nations, Two Narratives Muneeza Shamsie in conversation with Urvashi Butalia | The Bankers Who Broke the World Liaquat Ahamed in conversation with Gurcharan Das | |||
| 3.30-4.30 | Books that Made Me Ahdaf Soueif, Githa Hariharan, James Kelman & Pauline Melville in conversation with Susheila Nasta | ||||
| 5.00-6.00 | A Eunuch’s Life A.Revathi in conversation with Urvashi Butalia | Storyteller-in-Chief Junot Diaz in conversation with Sonia Faleiro | |||
| Day 2 | |||||
| 10.00-11.00 | Why Books Matter John Makinson, Kiran Desai, Patrick French & Sunil Sethi in conversation with Sonia Singh Presented by British Council | ||||
| 12.00-1.00 | The Forum: A Global Exchange of Ideas Gurcharan Das, Kavery Nambisan & Manjushree Thapa | One Amazing Thing Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni in conversation with Mita Kapur | |||
| 2.30-3.30 | Imaginary Homelands Ian Jack, Junot Diaz, Kamila Shamsie, Manjushree Thapa & Marina Lewycka in conversation with Chandrahas Choudhury | ||||
| 3.30-4.30 | The Inheritance of Books Kiran Desai in conversation with Jai Arjun Singh | ||||
| 5.00-6.00 | Out of West Kiran Desai & Orhan Pamuk in conversation with Rana Dasgupta | From Courtesans East & West Katie Hickman & Muzaffar Ali in conversation with William Dalrymple | |||
| 6.00-7.00 | Dhin Tara Junoon Readings, Recital & Music Salman Ahmad & Shomshuklla | ||||
| Day 3 | |||||
| 10.00-11.00 | Boys will be Boys Ruskin Bond in conversation with Ravi Singh | ||||
| 11.00-12.00 | AfPAK Ahmed Rashid, Atiq Rahimi, Jayanta Prasad, Jon Lee Anderson & Rory Stewart in conversation with William Dalrymple | ||||
| 12.00-1.00 | India: A Potrait Patrick French in conversation with Amitava Kumar Presented by British Council | Happenings in a Novel Roma Tearne & Vaiju Naravane | The Crisis of the American Fiction Jay McInerney, Junot Diaz & Richard Ford in conversation with Martin Amis Presented by DNA | ||
| 2.30-3.30 | Possibility of Laughter Marina Lewycka & Zac O’Yeah | Readings from Coetzee J.M.Coetzee Introduced by Patrick French Presented by Times of India | |||
| 3.30-4.30 | |||||
| 5.00-6.00 | Kashmir Kashmir Basharat Peer, M.J.Akbar, Mirza Waheed, Nitasha Kaul, Rahul Pandita & Swapan Dasgupta Presented by Goldman Sachs Public Affairs Series | ||||
| Day 4 | |||||
| 10.00-11.00 | Popcorn Essayists Anjum Hasan, Jaishree Mishra, Kamila Shamsie & Namita Gokhale in conversation with Jai Arjun Singh | Mumbai Narrative Gyan Prakash & Sonia Faleiro in conversation with Marie Brenner | Half a Yellow Sun Chimamanda Adichie Introduced by Jasbir Jain Presented by Counselage | ||
| 11.00-12.00 | Indian Summer Alex von Tunzelmann in conversation with Karan Thapar Presented by British Council | The Alchemy of Writing: Truth, Fiction & the Challenge of India Tarun Tejpal in conversation with Manu Joseph | |||
| 12.00-1.00 | The Forum: A Global Exchange of Ideas Abha Dawesar, Dayanita Singh & Jaishree Mishra Presented by BB | Pulp Faiza S.Khan & Pritham Chakravarthy in conversation with Namita Gokhale | |||
| 2.30-3.30 | A Winter on the Nile Anthony Sattin in conversation with William Dalrymple | ||||
| 3.30-4.30 | Word, Image, Text Dayanita Singh & Sarnath Banerjee in conversation with Rupika Chawla | ||||
| 5.00-6.00 | Sex & the City Candace Bushnell Introduced by Ira Trivedi | ||||
| 6.00-7.00 | Open to All: Take part in Jaipur’s first open-mic session! (Say/Do/Perform/Recite in 2 minutes) | ||||
| Day 5 | |||||
| 10.00-11.00 | Stranger than Fiction Arthur Miller in conversation with Abha Dawesar Presented by ICCR | The Reluctant Fundamentalist Mohsin Hamid in conversation with Shoma Chaudhury | |||
| 11.00-12.00 | Writings the 1980s Martin Amis & Jay McInerney in conversation with Nilanjana Roy Presented by DNA | ||||
| 12.00-1.00 | Descent into Chaos Ahmed Rashid in conversation with William Dalrymple | ||||
| 2.30-3.30 | The Companies Christopher Bayly, Gyan Prakash & James Mather in conversation with William Dalrymple Sudhir Mulji Memorial Lecture | ||||
| 3.30-4.30 | Trainspotting Irvine Welsh Introduced by Jeet Thayil Presented by British Council | A Suitable Book Vikram Seth in conversation with Somnath Batabyal Presented by Counselage | |||
| 5.00-6.00 | Society Has the Total Right To Know (Debate) Freedom of Expression is a dangerous illusion, not an accessible reality Chaired by John Gordon Presented by Intelligence Squared Asia |
Whoumigad! Whatey niiice festival!
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