The Eleventh Edition of Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai Litfest
Monday, November 16th to Sunday, November 22nd 2020

Virtual Festival
Real Books

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Salil Tripathi

England

Salil is the Chair of the Writers in Prison Committee of PEN International and senior adviser at the Institute for Human Rights and Business. He has been a foreign correspondent in Singapore and Hong Kong. He is contributing editor at ‘Mint’ and ‘The Caravan’ and also written for many international publications. His awards include the Citibank Pan Asia Economic Journalism Award (1994), third prize at the Bastiat awards (2011) , and Red Ink Award for Human Rights Journalism (2015). His books include ‘Offence: The Hindu Case’, ‘The Colonel Who Would Not Repent: The Bangladesh War and its Unquiet Legacy’ and ‘Detours: Songs of the Open Road’.  He is currently working on a book about Gujaratis.

sessions

Majority Wins

Panel Discussions Friday, 15th Nov 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Tata Theatre - NCPA

The global rise of populism.

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Sight, Sound, Smell

Panel Discussions Saturday, 16th Nov 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Title Waves - St Pauls Institute

The sense of a place.

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Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité

Conversations Sunday, 17th Nov 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Tata Theatre - NCPA

Human rights are a western idea.

Other Speakers :
Mary Robinson
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