Jaipur Bytes

In 1970, Germaine Greer published The Female Eunuch, an immediate worldwide bestseller that remains a landmark in the history of the women’s movement. Since then, Greer has published a succession of hard-hitting, often hotly debated and continually surprising books, most recently On Rape, in which she controversially argues that it's time to rethink rape. Centuries of different approaches to rape – as inflicted by men on women – have, she writes, got us nowhere. Rape statistics remain intractable: one woman in five will experience sexual violence. Very few rapes find their way into court. The crucial issue is consent, thought by some to be easy to establish and by others, impossible. Sexual assault does not diminish; relations between the sexes do not improve; litigation balloons. Greer argues there has to be a better way. This episode is a live session from day 1 of #ZEEJLF2019.

Prolific writer and popular politician Shashi Tharoor has a predilection for long words and telling phrases. His unerring sense of humour lightens up the serious oeuvre of his work which includes a powerful indictment of colonialism, a philosophical appreciation of the Hindu religion and hard-hitting political critiques. In conversation with Mihir Swarup Sharma, he speaks of the personal and the political and the beliefs and ideas that have anchored him in his public life and literary career. This episode is a live session from day 1 of #ZEEJLF2019.

Kapil Sibal, Makarand R. Paranjape, Mihir Swarup Sharma, Sagarika Ghose,  Salman Khurshid, Sonal Mansingh, Hardeep Singh Puri and Vikram Sampath moderated by Sreenivasan Jain. This episode is a live session (the last one!) from day 5 of #ZEEJLF2019.

Kapil Sibal in conversation with Pragya Tiwari. This episode is a live session from day 5 of #ZEEJLF2019.

Sohaila Abdulali, author of 'What We Talk About When We Talk About Rape', in conversation with Namita Bhandare. This episode is a live session from day 5 of #ZEEJLF2019.

Meredith Broussard (author of 'Artificial Unintelligence' and data journalism professor at the Arthur L. Carter Institute at New York University) and Toby Walsh (author of '2062: The World that AI Made' and professor of artificial intelligence at the University of New South Wales and Data61) in conversation with Anupama Raju. This episode is a live session from day 5 of #ZEEJLF2019.

Irvine Welsh in conversation with Chandrahas Choudhury. This episode is a live session from day 5 of #ZEEJLF2019.

Mary Beard discusses her book with Germaine Greer, Namita Bhandari and Reni Eddo-Lodge, moderated by Bee Rowlatt. This episode is a live session from #ZEEJLF2019.

Ashwin Sanghi In conversation with Meghna Pant. Bestselling author Ashwin Sanghi speaks of the art, craft and science of writing. Sanghi’s rigorously researched books delve into themes that range from mystery, myth and crime fiction to detective fiction and self-help and span eras and centuries, subjects and themes and a multiplicity of genres. This episode is a live session from day 4 of #ZEEJLF2019.

How do you take a work of prose and turn it into a screenplay? André Aciman (Call Me By Your Name), Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (The Mistress of Spices), Irvine Welsh (Trainspotting), and Yann Martel (Life of Pi), who have all seen their novels or work turned into successful movies or TV shows, discuss the process with Sandeep Roy.  This episode is a live session from Day 4 of #ZEEJLF2019.