JLF International Begins: A conversation with Namita Gokhale

Namita Gokhale (founder and co-director of the ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival) in conversation with Lakshya Datta (host of Jaipur Bytes and founder of Launchora). Namita shares her favorite moments from the festival in Jaipur this past January, why she believes all writers - young and old - need to be readers first, how she curates the international JLF festivals and their programming, and what you cab expect to see (and hear) at JLF at the British Library (June 14-16) and JLF at Belfast (June  21-23) this summer. Namita is the author of over a dozen fiction and nonfiction books, including ‘Paro: Dreams Of Passion’ and ‘Things To Leave Behind’ (which recently won the Sushila Devi Literature Award). #ZEEJLFatBL2019 #JLFBelfast2019