Re: [silk] Hello silklist

[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 sound somewhat louche. :)​

​Udhay​

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Re: [silk] On Lit fests

[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 and some
> surprisingly nice people.
>
> On 18/10/17, 5:15 PM, "silklist on behalf of Jayadevan P K"
>  jayadeva...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Bangalore Lit fest speaker list
> 
>
>
>
>

Re: [silk] On Lit fests

[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] May be visiting Bangalore/Bengaluru

[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 sites - like eating lunch at the Orion Mall food court than a fancy
> restaurant.
>
> My keynote should be online soon and I can send a note when it is.
>
>
>
>


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Re: [silk] On Lit fests

[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 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 their own right, and are also
> useful for higher profile, reaching out to foreign writers and journalists
> and so on.
> 3. Journalists also write a lot of non-fiction books in India. I am not
> sure what proportion of the whole corpus of non-fic. But my sense is that
> they do tend to serve as a sort of public intellectual in India subsuming
> the roles that academics, teachers and other may do overseas. So they are
> more than journalists in that sense.
> 4. Many fests have politicians. And usually you set off a journalist
> (usually TV) against politicians on stage. This creates a kind of staged
> tension on stage. Or real tension.
> 5. And besides authors, and perhaps more so than authors, the largest
> supply of articulate firangs free to do the fest kind of thing are foreign
> correspondents working on India. So that is them. (Unlike the UK, for
> instance, India does not have a large number of foreign students or
> professors who can be summoned to do sessions.)
> 6. Litfests are also a kind of entertainment jamboree for anybody who
> writes. In some sense I have often felt the literature is incidental to
> these fests. They are good fun. But I don't think I have really come away
> from these with any substantial insight into the craft of writing. (Except
> for one session with Lawrence Wright in Jaipur which was very useful from a
> journalistic perspective.)
>
> So, in summary, I think a bunch of factors come together.
>
> On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 4:12 AM Meera  wrote:
>
> > 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?
> >
> > -Meera
> >
>



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Re: [silk] On Lit fests

[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 their own right, and are also
useful for higher profile, reaching out to foreign writers and journalists
and so on.
3. Journalists also write a lot of non-fiction books in India. I am not
sure what proportion of the whole corpus of non-fic. But my sense is that
they do tend to serve as a sort of public intellectual in India subsuming
the roles that academics, teachers and other may do overseas. So they are
more than journalists in that sense.
4. Many fests have politicians. And usually you set off a journalist
(usually TV) against politicians on stage. This creates a kind of staged
tension on stage. Or real tension.
5. And besides authors, and perhaps more so than authors, the largest
supply of articulate firangs free to do the fest kind of thing are foreign
correspondents working on India. So that is them. (Unlike the UK, for
instance, India does not have a large number of foreign students or
professors who can be summoned to do sessions.)
6. Litfests are also a kind of entertainment jamboree for anybody who
writes. In some sense I have often felt the literature is incidental to
these fests. They are good fun. But I don't think I have really come away
from these with any substantial insight into the craft of writing. (Except
for one session with Lawrence Wright in Jaipur which was very useful from a
journalistic perspective.)

So, in summary, I think a bunch of factors come together.

On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 4:12 AM Meera  wrote:

> 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?
>
> -Meera
>

Re: [silk] On Lit fests

[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 & you'll notice the poets are leading the charge, followed by
writers, followed distantly by other celebrities/journalists.

Regards,
Mohit


On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 8:41 AM, Meera  wrote:

> 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?
>
> -Meera
>

Re: [silk] On Lit fests

[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 know why you believe this is so. Of
course, non-fiction deserves its place within the literary conversation,
and there have been some good non-fic books in recent years, many of them
by journalists. Concurrently, much fiction, particularly IWE, has been
rubbish. That the translation market shows no sign of growth is another
issue that might drive organizers towards the deeper wells.

As for where writers might congregate, well, I don't know, since I'm not a
writer myself. I meet writer friends as one might meet friends, and at
literary events where there aren't too many journalists.