NEW YORK, September 10, 2024 — Retired Indian diplomat Navdeep Suri speaks about his recent translated work, Khooni Vaisakhi, a long poem written in 1920 by his grandfather and one of the best-known writers of the Punjabi language Nanak Singh after surviving the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. He is joined by musician and writer Vidya Shah who turned the poem into a song. Sanjoy K. Roy, managing director of Teamwork Arts, moderates the conversation. (1 hr., 1 min.)

Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) — described as “the greatest literary show on Earth” — returns to New York in 2024, presenting a series of conversations and performances examining the human experience through the imaginations of some of the world’s leading authors, thinkers, and performers.