Re: [silk] On Lit fests

2017-10-18 Thread Mohit
I assume you mean English Lit fests. I have no knowledge of these since I haven't attended any. But I do look at the lists of panelists occasionally, and not sure the charge applies equally to all of these. Meanwhile, take a look at the line-up for Jashn-e-Rekhta, the annual Urdu lit-fest &

Re: [silk] On Lit fests

2017-10-18 Thread Sidin Vadukut
I have attended several in various capacities. And there are a few reasons for this perhaps: 1. Most big fests have a media partner. And one of the quid pro quo arrangements is that some senior editors will moderate panels, talk to writers and so on. 2. Some senior journos are mini celebs in

Re: [silk] On Lit fests

2017-10-18 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Jaggi and Manu Joseph, fml. The rest of the usual suspects and some surprisingly nice people. On 18/10/17, 5:15 PM, "silklist on behalf of Jayadevan P K" wrote: Bangalore Lit fest speaker list

Re: [silk] On Lit fests

2017-10-18 Thread Sidin Vadukut
Was supposed to be there (as one of the surprisingly nice people) and then my passport vanished into the corridors of the home office here in the UK. On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 1:08 PM Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > Jaggi and Manu Joseph, fml. The rest of the usual suspects

Re: [silk] May be visiting Bangalore/Bengaluru

2017-10-18 Thread Jayadevan P K
Looking forward to it! On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 12:45 AM, wrote: > Thanks for the opportunity and interview. > > ... still catching up after a wonderful visit to Bengaluru. Got a chance > to look around the city a bit. For more interesting than just seeing > tourist

Re: [silk] Hello silklist

2017-10-18 Thread Charanya Chidambaram
Welcome home Peter :) On 14-Oct-2017 4:04 AM, "Udhay Shankar N" wrote: On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 5:39 PM, Amitha Singh wrote: > Oops sorry Deepa! My bad, TGP = The Goa Project > One of Udhay's many babies :) ​This makes me

Re: [silk] On Lit fests

2017-10-18 Thread Jayadevan P K
Bangalore Lit fest speaker list On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 4:00 PM, Sidin Vadukut wrote: > I have attended several in various capacities. And there are a few reasons > for this perhaps: > > 1. Most big

Re: [silk] On Lit fests

2017-10-18 Thread Sumant Srivathsan
> > Why are literary festivals in India less about literature and more about > journalism? That gets them the popularity of course, but where do writers > congregate? What do you all think? > I don't believe literary festivals are about journalism more than literature. In fact, I'm curious to