The Fourteenth Edition of Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai Litfest
Wednesday, October 25th to Sunday, October 29th 2023

Online : 25 - 26 Oct
On ground : 27 - 29 Oct

Shashi Tharoor

Author, India

Dr Shashi Tharoor, a third-term Member of Parliament for Thiruvananthapuram, is the best-selling author of twenty-two books, both fiction and non-fiction, besides being a former Under Secretary-General of the United Nations and a former Minister of State for Human Resource Development and for External Affairs in the Government of India. He has won numerous awards, including the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, a Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, and the Crossword Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2019, Dr. Tharoor was also awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in the category of English Non-Fiction for his book An Era of Darkness. He chairs Parliament’s Standing Committee on Information Technology.

sessions

Scripturient!

  • 21st November
  • 5:00 pm - 5:45 pm

The launch of Pride, Prejudice, & Punditry: The Essential Shashi Tharoor followed by
Shashi Tharoor in conversation with Keshava Guha

Debate : Social Media Strengthens Democracy

  • 11th November
  • 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm

For The Motion: Anirudh Suri, Shashi Tharoor
Against The Motion: Sanjay Jha, Antoinette Lattouf
Chair: Raghav Bahl

Fading Blueprint

  • 12th November
  • 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Launch of Shashi Tharoor’s Ambedkar: A Life, followed by a discussion on the lost legacy of Ambedkar
Shashi Tharoor in conversation with Raghav Bahl

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