Watch: Discussions From Jaipur Literature Festival's New York Edition | Asia Society Skip to main content

Unsupported Browser Detected.
It seems the web browser you're using doesn't support some of the features of this site. For the best experience, we recommend using a modern browser that supports the features of this website. We recommend Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, or Microsoft Edge

  • Visit
    • Plan Your Visit
    • Health and Safety
    • Garden Court Café
    • Leo Bar
  • Events
    • Upcoming Events
    • Family Events
    • Past Events
    • Event Recaps
    • Space Rental
  • Exhibitions
    • Current Exhibitions
    • Upcoming Exhibitions
    • Touring Exhibitions
    • Past Exhibitions
  • Learn
  • Support
    • Membership
    • Become a Patron
    • Corporate Support
    • Donate
    • Volunteer
  • About
    • About Asia Society
    • Our People
    • Careers
    • Interns and Volunteers
    • Contact Us
  • Blog
    • All Posts
    • Event Recaps
  • Video
    • All New York Videos
    • Arts
    • Current Affairs
    • Education
    • Policy
  • Space Rental
  • Shop
New York
Search
New York
  • Visit
    • Plan Your Visit
    • Health and Safety
    • Garden Court Café
    • Leo Bar
  • Events
    • Upcoming Events
    • Family Events
    • Past Events
    • Event Recaps
    • Space Rental
  • Exhibitions
    • Current Exhibitions
    • Upcoming Exhibitions
    • Touring Exhibitions
    • Past Exhibitions
  • Learn
  • Support
    • Membership
    • Become a Patron
    • Corporate Support
    • Donate
    • Volunteer
  • About
    • About Asia Society
    • Our People
    • Careers
    • Interns and Volunteers
    • Contact Us
  • Blog
    • All Posts
    • Event Recaps
  • Video
    • All New York Videos
    • Arts
    • Current Affairs
    • Education
    • Policy
  • Space Rental
  • Shop

  • All Posts
  • Event Recaps

Watch: Discussions From Jaipur Literature Festival's New York Edition

Complete videos from the 2019 festival

Celebrating books, ideas, and dialogue, the Jaipur Literature Festival — described as "the greatest literary show on Earth" — returned to New York for another year of lively discussions. From food, memory, and culture to issues of caste and class, black holes and the cosmos, surviving cancer, the East India Company run amok, and much more, relive this year's edition of JLF, from the organizers of the Jaipur Literature Festival, through the complete recordings of the readings and panel discussions.

Watch below:

Food, Memory, and Culture

Panelists, including novelist Chandrahas Choudhury, academic and scholar of food studies Krishnendu Ray, and food critics Adam Platt and Ligaya Mishan discuss the complex relationship between food, memory, and narrative.


These Lands We Call Home

In a discussion moderated by the feminist activist Ruchira Gupta, the panel addresses the forces of nationalism, demographics, and the economics of human movement along with their personal interpretations and stories of the lands we call home.


Caste, Color, and Gender

How does race, caste and class status, gender, and national origin, among others, factor into the myths of progress and success? Margo Jefferson, Sharmila Sen, and Yashica Dutt each share stories of how these factors have shaped their lives thus far.


Mapping the Heavens

Yale astrophysics professor Priyamvada Natarajan is known for her work mapping dark matter, dark energy, and black holes. In this presentation, she speaks of the missing pieces of the puzzle in our understanding of black holes, and discusses her research with journalism professor Sree Sreenivasan.


The Healing

Bollywood actress Manisha Koirala survived ovarian cancer and wrote about the journey, along with her career milestones and lessons learned along the way, in Healed: How Cancer Gave Me a New Life. She discusses the book and the ups and downs of her life and career in a freewheeling conversation with Sanjoy K. Roy.


The Anarchy

In The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company, historian William Dalrymple tells a timely cautionary tale of the first global corporate power. At the book's U.S. launch, Dalrymple details how an entire subcontinent fell under the jurisdiction of a private enterprise, answerable only to its shareholders and administered from a boardroom thousands of miles away.

  • All Posts
  • Event Recaps
About
  • Mission & History
  • Our People
  • Become a Member
  • Career Opportunities
  • Corporate Involvement
visit us
  • Hong Kong
  • New York
  • Texas
global network
  • Australia
  • France
  • India
  • Japan
  • Korea
  • Northern California
  • Philippines
  • Southern California
  • Switzerland
  • Washington, D.C.
resources
  • Arts
  • Asia Society Magazine
  • ChinaFile
  • Current Affairs
  • Education
  • For Kids
  • Policy
  • Video
shop
  • AsiaStore
initiatives
  • Arts & Museum Summit
  • Asia 21 Young Leaders
  • Asia Arts Game Changer Awards
  • Asia Game Changer Awards
  • Asia Society Museum: The Asia Arts & Museum Network
  • Asia Society Policy Institute
  • Asian Women Empowered
  • Center on U.S.-China Relations
  • Coal + Ice
  • Creative Voices of Muslim Asia
  • Global Cities Education Network
  • Global Talent Initiatives
  • U.S.-Asia Entertainment Summit
  • U.S.-China Dialogue
  • U.S.-China Museum Summit
Connect
Email Signup For the media
Asia Society logo
©2023 Asia Society | Privacy Statement | Accessibility | Terms & Conditions | Sitemap | Contact

Asia Society takes no institutional position on policy issues and has no affiliation with any government.
The views expressed by Asia Society staff, fellows, experts, report authors, program speakers, board members, and other affiliates are solely their own. Learn more.

 

 

  • Visit Us
  • Hong Kong
  • New York
  • Texas
  • Global Network
  • Australia
  • France
  • India
  • Japan
  • Korea
  • Northern California
  • Philippines
  • Southern California
  • Switzerland
  • Washington, DC