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I'm back from the Jaipur Literature Festival, albeit with a throat infection that's left me grumpier (and quieter) than usual. But I cheered up when I learnt that the videos of my sessions at the Festival were online, and thought I'd post them for you to enjoy.
Mumbai Narrative: In which Madhu Trehan interviewed Mumbai Fables
' author Gyan Prakash and me.
' author Gyan Prakash and me.Storyteller-in-Chief: In which I interviewed author Junot Diaz
on the subject of his roots, race, and the impact of both on his writing.
on the subject of his roots, race, and the impact of both on his writing.The New Non Fiction: A panel I moderated featuring David Finkel
, Martin Amis
, Ahdaf Soueif
, Basharat Peer and Mirza Waheed.
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2 comments:
Hi Sonia,
I enjoyed your session on The New Non-Fiction at JLF. Your point on non-fiction being more and more about personal stories of individuals, which makes it easier for a reader to relate to, is so true.
As a reader, it is easier to empathise more with fiction than non-fiction. Midnight's Children, Train to Pakistan and parts of A Suitable Boy convey the trauma of the partition more than the non-fiction books on the subject.
The discussion was all the more interesting as most of you on the panel were novelists as well as non-fiction writers. A thought-provoking and wonderful session.
Best Wishes, Indu
Hi Indu,
Thanks for writing it. I enjoyed that session as well, particularly, as you point out, because several of the writers wrote across genres and had great analysis to offer.
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