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

Vauhini Vara

Author, India

Vauhini Vara’s debut novel, The Immortal King Rao, is a New York Times Editors’ Choice. It has been shortlisted for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize and longlisted for the Tata Literature Live! Literary Awards and the Atta Galatta-Bangalore Literature Festival Book Prize. She has also written and edited for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, and other publications.

sessions

Words Of Inspiration

  • 10th November
  • 10:00 pm - 10:45 pm

Books that made me a writer
Gurnaik Johal, Neema Shah, Vauhini Vara, Harinder Sikka
Chair: Rupangi Sharma

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