The Greatest Literary Show on Earth – The Daily Beast

Great stuff. The power of literature, and all Arts, to provide a common ground, a common passion, for people from all over the world. I often imagine that when aliens arrive (if they haven’t already, that is!), it will be some work of art that will be able to communicate some important truth about the human race.

The Greatest Literary Show on Earth – The Daily Beast

Now in its third year, the Jaipur Literature Festival brings the voices of India and Pakistan together in peace.
Every January, the ancient city of Jaipur, India, celebrates the written word in a literary festival that easily places first in Asia for cultural cachet and star power. It’s hard to believe that the festival is only three years old, given the crackle and buzz around its events and personalities—Salman Rushdie chose the occasion for his first public appearance after the fatwa. And this year too, through five sun-drenched mornings and vivid, musical evenings in the dignified old Diggi Palace, the festival made headlines across India.

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