On this episode, we're talking about content, shift in culture, and the evolution of the Jaipur Literature Festival. It started as a seed of a small idea in 2002, wanting to make the Indian literary voices heard. Over the years, Sanjay Roy, William Dalrymple, and Namita have a perfect understanding of the vision for the literature festival that makes it the uniquely creative space that it is now. Namita gives us an inside view of Indian literature, how the image of women changed over time and how she's built an international brand that's not the most loved across the world. 

Quotables:

"Anger is a constructive emotion because the focus on something that you think is wrong leads to action."

"In Indian literature, the more you seek diversity, the more you get unity. The more you seek unity, the more you get diversity because there is always something in common, it's just the interpretation that is different."

"Indian women are among the strongest in the world individually. They have to cope with family, careers, and responsibility inculcated in their sanskars. The larger the burden, the stronger the head that carries it." 

Book links:

Turmeric Nation: https://amazon.in/dp/B08FTC7ZLW/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
In Search of Sita: https://amazon.in/dp/B06XYML5K1/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
Finding Radha: https://amazon.in/dp/B07KSDBDJS/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

Episode notes and transcriptions available on: https://lightbox.vc/new-thinking/