Written by Adrija Roychowdhury |New Delhi |Updated: December 6, 2018 1:20:15 pm
Sneak peek into Jaipur Literature Festival 2019 reveals special focus on science fiction and climate change
On Monday, the organisers of the five-day festival offered a sneak peek into the event through a curtain raiser held at the Taj Mahal Hotel in New Delhi. The event will be held at Diggi Palace Hotel in Jaipur between January 24 and 28 next year.
The much-awaited Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) is scheduled to be held approximately a month from now. On Monday, the organisers of the five-day festival offered a sneak peek into the event through a curtain raiser held at the Taj Mahal Hotel in New Delhi.
“This year we have an emphasis on scientific temper and thinking. We have looked at the past enough. We have to look to the future, we have to be with young people,” says Namita Gokhale, an Indian writer and the co-director of the festival. Talking about the event that will be held at Diggi Palace Hotel in Jaipur between January 24 and 28 next year, Gokhale listed out genetics, artificial intelligence and climate change as the highlights of the festival.
For the forthcoming 12th edition, authors to look out for in the genre of science fiction include Venki Ramakrishnan, who is expected to present his ideas on the importance of science on genetics, and cosmologist Priyamvada Natarajan noted for her work on mapping dark matter, dark energy, and black holes. There is also a representation of climate fiction with a special session on a world without bees.
“This year we have really had the most extraordinary list of acceptances,” says historian and co-director William Dalrymple. For instance, author of ‘Life of Pi’, Yann Martel, whom the directors had been trying to invite for the last seven years, is finally expected to be at the festival.
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