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Hay Festival 2011,Thiruvananthapuram: Some Photos by the Blog Team – VI

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Hay Festival 2011,Thiruvananthapuram: Some Photos by the Blog Team – V

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Hay Festival 2011,Thiruvananthapuram: Some Photos by the Blog Team – IV

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Hay Festival 2011,Thiruvananthapuram: Tarun Tejpal and Nayantara Sahgal

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Tarun Tejpal and Nayantara Sahgal, two leading Indian novelists and commentators, have criticised large sections of the Indian media for failing to properly engage with the problems of the country. They were addressing a large audience on the second day … Continue reading →

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Hay Festival 2011,Thiruvananthapuram: Feminist Icon Germaine Greer Refers to Bollywood

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Iconic international feminist writer Germaine Greer, stole many hearts with her nuanced reading on Shakespeare’s lovers here in a session that was liberally sprinkled with references to Bollywood. The Australian writer and academic, one of the star highlights of the … Continue reading →

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Hay Festival 2011,Thiruvananthapuram: Some Photos by the Blog Team – III

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Hay Festival 2011,Thiruvananthapuram: Some Photos by the Blog Team – II

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Jan Blake‘s Interview session in progress

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Hay Festival 2011,Thiruvananthapuram: Japanese are in Denial About the Atrocities Committed During Campaigns in China,Burma & India,says Fergal Keane

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Fergal Keane a senior BBC correspondent said that many Japanese are in denial about the atrocities committed during campaigns in China, Burma and India.Consequently, he said, the teaching of history in the country “profoundly” needs to be changed. Speaking at … Continue reading →

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Hay Festival 2011,Thiruvananthapuram: The Telegraph article “Agnès Desarthe on Food and Sex”

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Link to Original article in The Telegraph The French novelist Agnès Desarthe, speaking at the second Hay Festival in Thiruvananthapuram, delighted the audience with a racy discussion of the links between food and sex. Her novel Mangez-moi, published in English … Continue reading →

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Hay Festival 2011,Thiruvananthapuram: Some Photos by the Blog Team – I

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Papa-razzing Simon Singh.  Fortunately for him and us, the Palayam underpass is far away 

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