Jaipur Bytes

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

William Dalrymple (historian, art historian, and co-director of the ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival)  in conversation with Lakshya Datta (host of Jaipur Bytes podcast and founder of Launchora). William talks about how he helped create JLF all those years ago, what he thought of #ZEEJLF2019 (the first one he couldn't attend), how he finds authors and speakers from around the world to bring to the festivals, and how JLF grew out of Jaipur to the travel the globe.

Assa Doron, Sanchaita Gajapati in conversation with Robin Jeffrey. This episode is a live session from day 5 of #ZEEJLF2019.

Jon Lee Anderson, Peter Bergen and Steve Coll in conversation with Navtej Sarna. The growth of India, China, Brazil, Russia and Africa is generating a new landscape. The tallest buildings, biggest dams, highest-grossing movies and most advanced mobile phones are now all being made outside Europe and the United States. Regions that previously lacked political confidence and national pride are finding them, alongside a newfound economic clout. Can the West transform its global strategy by moving from a position of hegemony to one that recognises this seismic power shift? A distinguished panel look into the future in a conversation moderated by former Indian Ambassador to the US Navtej Sarna. This episode is a live session from day 3 of #ZEEJLF2019.

Akhil Katyal, Geetanjali Sree, Neelesh Misra, Pravin Kumar, Rakhshanda Jalil in conversation with Saurabh Dwivedi. This episode is a live session from day 3 of #ZEEJLF2019.

Identifying Gender Violence & Finding Solutions That Fit. Simar Singh, Sohaila Abdulali and Sunita Toor in conversation with Pragya Tiwari. This episode is a live session from day 3 of #ZEEJLF2019.

Amitabh Kant, Dean Nelson and Nishtha Gautam in conversation with John Elliott. A timely conversation on the uniquely Indian concept of ‘jugaad’, the flexible bottom-up strategy of innovation that seems to come so naturally to a resource starved nation. Based on the concept of doing more with less, this approach to frugal engineering and ingenious solutions often helps turn adversity into opportunity. A spirited conversation on the pros and cons of jugaad with a distinguished panel that includes CEO of Niti Ayog, Amitabh Kant, Dean Nelson, author of Jugaad Yatra: Exploring the Indian Art of Problem Solving, and lyricist, poet and marketer Prasoon Joshi in conversation with writer and journalist John Elliott, author of IMPLOSION: India’s Tryst with Reality. They discuss the need to inspire flexible out-of-the-box solutions as well as the dangers of quick-fix solutions that bypass regulatory standards. This episode is a live session from day 4 of #ZEEJLF2019.

Dominic Asquith, Nikesh Shukla, Rachel Johnson and Sir Roy Strong CH in conversation with James Crabtree. This episode is a live session from day 3 of #ZEEJLF2019.

Darryl Jones, Maja Lunde and Mridula Ramesh in conversation with Marcus Moench. The disruptions of climate change can no longer be ignored. A timely and urgent conversation on perhaps the most crucial issue for our planet that discusses the ingenuity and initiative required to adapt to changing conditions while attempting to reverse their shattering consequences. A panel of distinguished environmentalists and climate warriors speak of their experiences and learnings. Darryl Jones is an academic at Australia’s Griffith University who has been engaged in exploring the many ways that humans interact with nature. Maja Lunde has written several books for children and young adults, including The History of Bees. Mridula Ramesh is the founder of the Sundaram Climate Institute, focused on waste and water solutions and education, and an active angel investor in cleantech startups. Her recent book is The Climate Solution: India's Climate-Change Crisis and What We Can Do about It. Marcus Moench is the founder of ISET-International and has worked extensively on water, climate and urbanisation particularly in Asia. This episode is a live session from day 3 of #ZEEJLF2019.

Sven Beckert is Laird Bell Professor of American History at Harvard University, where he teaches the history of the United States in the nineteenth century, and global history. Patrick French is a biographer and historian, Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences and Professor for the Public Understanding of the Humanities at Ahmedabad University. This episode is a live session from day 2 of #ZEEJLF2019.