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War on culture
Festivals cannot ‘change’ anything, nor do this is their aim, but success will be when people ‘takes away’ something.
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The culture question
‘No culture can flourish in isolation’
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Humour examined
The short attention span of Lahoris spotlighted.
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‘You can have a national identity alongside a south Asian identity’
Historian Sharabani Basu says we need to learn from European Union’s success and start open trade in south Asia.
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‘India does not covet territory’
Pluralism, upcoming elections, India’s growing right and South Asian identity discussed.
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Humour and satire: A case of inspiration, hope and absurd opinions
Mohammad Hanif’s witticisms left the audience in stitches.
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More masala, please: 'Bollywood formulas, Hollywood genres'
Rachel Dwyer talks about Amitabh, Bollywood and the Kapoor dynasty.
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‘LLF and KLF are acts of resistance’
No one knows why literary festivals are gaining popularity, says Gokhale.
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‘Many great female Urdu poets ignored’
Poet Zehra Nigah discusses gender and poetry.
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Vikram Seth talks inspiration, music and writing at LLF
A first person narrator comes with a lot of baggage. You are an intrinsically unreliable narrator: Vikram Seth