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British
author
Ken
Follett
and
veterans
of
the
digital
world
Nandan
Nilekani
and
Tanuj
Bhojwani
will
be
the
prime
attractions
of
day
four
of
the
15th
edition
of
Jaipur
Literature
Festival
2022
on
Tuesday.
Nandan
Nilekani
and
Tanuj
Bhojwani
will
be
talking
about
their
new
book
The
Art
of
Bitfulness
which
deals
about
the
toxic
relationship
that
we
share
with
technology
in
this
unprecedented
digital
age.
The
book
offers
optimistic
yet
pragmatic
strategies
for
healthier,
more
mindful
engagement.
They
will
have
a
conversation
with
economist
and
writer
Mihir
S
Sharma,
answering
questions
about
the
blurred
lines
between
work
and
home,
recreation
and
repetition,
and
our
lives
and
our
screens;
the
boundaries
necessary
for
time,
privacy
and
attention.
Master
storyteller
Ken
Follett
is
the
other
star
speaker
of
the
day.
He
will
be
having
a
conversation
with
author
Zac
O’ Yeah
as
he
talks
about
his
latest
novel
globe-spanning
drama
Never,
his
inspirations
and
his
writing
process.
Also,
Vinod
Khanna
and
Malini
Saran,
authors
of
Ramayana
in
Indonesia,
will
have
a
conversation
with
historian,
writer
and
Festival
Co-Director
William
Dalrymple.
They
discuss
the
spheres
touched
by
the
Ramayana
traditions
in
Indonesia
including
literature,
performing
arts,
philosophy
and
vibrant
regional
traditions.
The
author
of
the
debut
novel
Animal
Lisa
Taddeo
will
have
a
conversation
with
Supriya
Dravid.
They
discuss
the
raw
embers
of
female
rage
in
a
male-dominated
society
and
the
precarious
intertwining
of
violence
and
memory.
Day
3
Round
UP:
The
third
day
of
the
festival
featured
a
panel
discussion
graced
by
child
psychiatrist
and
former
Senior
Professor
of
Child
and
Adolescent
Psychiatry,
Shekhar
Seshadri;
educationist
and
founder
of
Aditya
Birla
Education
Trust,
Neerja
Birla;
along
with
columnist
and
author
of
Working
Out
of
the
Box:
40
Stories
of
Leading
CEOs,
Aparna
Piramal
Raje
in
conversation
with
therapist,
writer
and
the
co-founder
of
Children
First
Institute
of
Child
&
Adolescent
Mental
Health,
Shelja
Sen.
Raje
said,
“that
no
matter
how
much
one
achieves,
one
always
feels
they
can
do
much.
Inside
you
feel
like
a
failure.
There
are
some
benchmarks
we
set
for
ourselves
that
are
very
hard
to
fulfil.
This
type
of
identity
crisis
was
a
big
trigger
for
me
in
my
bipolarity.” During
the
conversation
on
schools
being
reopened
Seshadri
said,
“After
the
pandemic,
students
are
coming
back
from
a
lot
of
circumstances
and
they
should
be
allowed
to
tell
stories
of
strength,
resilience
and
hope
–
this
would
help
create
a
personal
identity
and
a
collective
identity
that
then
helps
them
negotiate
the
exit
from
the
pandemic.
At
another
session,
British
philologist
Irving
Finkel
along
with
historian
and
archaeologist
Nayanjot
Lahiri
discussed
his
new
book
‘The
First
Ghosts:
Most
Ancient
of
Legacies’.
The
author,
embarking
upon
an
ancient
ghost
hunt,
has
made
an
attempt
to
unlock
the
secrets
of
Sumerians,
Babylonians
and
the
Assyrians
to
find
out
about
the
first
ghost
stories.
Lahiri
noted
that
this
book
is
perhaps
the
most
unusual
and
fascinating
book
to
feature
in
this
year’s
edition
of
Jaipur
Literature
Festival.
For
registrations
and
more
info
visit
Jaipur
Literature
Festival
Website