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Full house At one of the sessions in 2018

Literature is for life: Update on The Hindu Lit For Life & The Hindu Prize 2019

R Krithika The Hindu Lit For Life is postponed to 2021 but the winners of The Hindu Prize will be announced on March 25

The Hindu Lit for Life 2019: Ten reasons why Gandhi still matters

In this session of The Hindu's Lit for Life 2019, historian Ramachandra Guha goes on to list why Gandhi matters — he gave India and the world a means of resisting unjust authority without using force yourselves. Satyagraha was born on a 9/11, he says, referring to the first act of civil disobedience in South Africa in 1906. Non-violence as civil disobedience was used by many other people including Martin Luther King, he says. The Chipko movement, Mr. Guha says, is a Satyagraha lookalike

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The Hindu Lit for Life 2019 | Venki Ramakrishnan on problems faced by science in India

At The Hindu Lit for Life discussion on Sunday, on ‘What ails Indian science and what can be done about it’, Nobel Laureate Venki Ramakrishnan said, “When you are young it is much easier to absorb concepts in your native language.” He said from developing science books in regional languages — including 95% of the population that has no knowledge of English — to initiating dialogue with the 5% English-speaking privileged scientists, a range of solutions had to be pursued.

Exhaustive look: John Keay (left) and Shiv Visvanathan

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The Hindu Lit for Life 2019 | John Keay on the biography of Alexander Gardner

When a book on a man as colourful and controversial as Alexander Haughton Campbell Gardner is the subject of a session, a bit of drama is to be expected. But more on that later. In a conversation with academic Shiv Visvanathan in a session titled ‘The Tartan Turban: In Search of Alexander Gardner’, renowned historian John Keay admitted that “writing your first biography on a man who died 150 years ago may seem a bit perverse.”

Husain Haqqani in conversation with Suhasini Haider, Diplomatic Affairs Editor of The Hindu, on Monday.

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The Hindu Lit for Life 2019 | Why can't India and Pakistan be friends

Former Pakistan diplomat and journalist Husain Haqqani on Monday said the people of India and Pakistan must realise the common threads between them and not hold America responsible for the animosity between the two neighbours in the subcontinent. Husain Haqqani spoke in length about the India-Pakistan ties at the LFL session.

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The Hindu Lit for Life 2019 | Homage to N Muthuswamy: Memories and Rememberances

Dhalavai Sundaram, Gnana Rajasekaran and Vinodhini Vaidhyanathan in conversation with Pralayan (Tamil)

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The Hindu Lit for Life 2019 | Fetters on Creative Expression: Art and the politics of dissent

Chandan Gowda, Githa Hariharan and TM Krishna in conversation with Kamini Mahadevan

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The Hindu LFL 2019: Arun Shourie in conversation with N.Ravi

Eminent journalist and political commentator Arun Shourie in conversation with the Publisher of The Hindu, N. Ravi at the session Making India Work. N. Ravi initiates the discussion on Mr. Shourie's book 'Anita Gets Bail' in which the latter narrates the travails of his wife Anita being prosecuted for an alleged environmental law provision. Mr. Shourie reads out from his book "Anita Gets Bail" and takes a dig at certain judgements of the Supreme Court. Mr. Ravi, in the context of the Supreme

Urvashi Butalia, J. Devika, Kannan Sundaram and Vivek Shanbhag in conversation.

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The Hindu LFL 2019 | Beyond Indian English: A time for bhashas

J Devika, Kannan Sundaram and Vivek Shanbhag in conversation with Urvashi Butalia

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Literature is for life: Update on The Hindu Lit For Life & The Hindu Prize 2019

The Hindu Lit for Life 2019: Ten reasons why Gandhi still matters

The Hindu Lit for Life 2019 | Venki Ramakrishnan on problems faced by science in India

The Hindu Lit for Life 2019 | John Keay on the biography of Alexander Gardner

The Hindu Lit for Life 2019 | Why can't India and Pakistan be friends

The Hindu Lit for Life 2019 | Homage to N Muthuswamy: Memories and Rememberances

The Hindu Lit for Life 2019 | Fetters on Creative Expression: Art and the politics of dissent

The Hindu LFL 2019: Arun Shourie in conversation with N.Ravi

The Hindu LFL 2019 | Beyond Indian English: A time for bhashas