The Eighth Mumbai International Literary Festival
Thursday, 16th November to Sunday, 19th November 2017

Participants

Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai Litfest 2017 features writers, diplomats, intellectuals, playwrights and performers from around the world.

Speakers

Aarathi Prasad

Aarathi Prasad

India, Author

Abheek Singhi

Abheek Singhi

India, Author

A.C. Grayling

A.C. Grayling

UK, Author

Ajit Ranade

Ajit Ranade

India, Economist

Akshaya Mukul

Akshaya Mukul

India, Journalist

Alan Rosling

Alan Rosling

UK, Entrepreneur

Allan Sealy

Allan Sealy

India, Author

Amish Tripathi

Amish Tripathi

India, Author

Amjad Ali Khan

Amjad Ali Khan

India, Musician

Anil Dharker

Anil Dharker

India, Writer

Anil Gupta

Anil Gupta

India, Author

Anil Srinivasan

Anil Srinivasan

India, Musician

Antoine Lewis

Antoine Lewis

India, Journalist

Arghya Sengupta

Arghya Sengupta

India, Lawyer

Arun Ferreira

Arun Ferreira

India, Political Activist

Arun Shourie

Arun Shourie

India, Author

Aruna Dhere

Aruna Dhere

India, Author

Ashwani Kumar

Ashwani Kumar

India, Poet

Ayaz Memon

Ayaz Memon

India, Journalist

Bijal Vachharajani

Bijal Vachharajani

India, Author

Boria Majumdar

Boria Majumdar

India, Sports Scholar

Carol Andrade

Carol Andrade

India, Journalist

Catharine MacKinnon

Catharine MacKinnon

USA, Scholar

Chandrahas Choudhury

Chandrahas Choudhury

India, Author

Chatura Rao

Chatura Rao

India, Journalist

CP Surendran

CP Surendran

India, Poet

Dan Waddell

Dan Waddell

UK, Journalist

Devdutt Pattanaik

Devdutt Pattanaik

India, Author

Dilip Dsouza

Dilip Dsouza

India, Writer

Dorothee Elmiger

Dorothee Elmiger

Switzerland, Author

Eike Schmidt

Eike Schmidt

Germany, Art Expert

Eugene Tan

Eugene Tan

Singapore, Gallery Director

Faye D’Souza

Faye D’Souza

India, Editor

Francine Prose

Francine Prose

USA, Author

Gábor Lanczkor

Gábor Lanczkor

Hungary, Author

Gary Shteyngart

Gary Shteyngart

USA, Author

Girish Karnad

Girish Karnad

India, Playwright

Glenn D. Lowry

Glenn D. Lowry

USA, Art Historian

Harish Bhat

Harish Bhat

India

Homi K. Bhabha

Homi K. Bhabha

India, Professor

Hrishikesh Kannan

Hrishikesh Kannan

India, RJ

James Tooley

James Tooley

UK, Author

Javed Akhtar

Javed Akhtar

India, Lyricist

Jeet Thayil

Jeet Thayil

India, Author

Jerry Pinto

Jerry Pinto

India, Poet

Joëlle Jolivet

Joëlle Jolivet

France, Illustrator

Kalpana Sharma

Kalpana Sharma

India, Journalist

Karthika Naïr

Karthika Naïr

India, Poet

Keki Daruwalla

Keki Daruwalla

India, Poet

Kiran Nagarkar

Kiran Nagarkar

India, Author

Mahesh Rao

Mahesh Rao

India, Lawyer

Makarand Paranjape

Makarand Paranjape

India, Professor

Meena Menon

Meena Menon

India, Journalist

Manu S Pillai

Manu S Pillai

India, Author

Marcela Romero García

Marcela Romero García

Mexico, Storyteller

Marcus Du Sautoy

Marcus Du Sautoy

UK, Professor

Margaret Drabble

Margaret Drabble

UK, Author

Mark Kurlansky

Mark Kurlansky

USA, Journalist

Matthew Teitelbaum

Matthew Teitelbaum

Canada, Historian

Meg Rosoff

Meg Rosoff

USA, Author

Michael Fehr

Michael Fehr

Switzerland, Autor

Mini Menon

Mini Menon

India, Editor

Mohammad Aamir Khan

Mohammad Aamir Khan

India, Author

Mukul Kesavan

Mukul Kesavan

India, Historian

Mukund Rajan

Mukund Rajan

India, CEO Tata Group

N Ram

N Ram

India, Author & Editor

Naina Lal Kidwai

Naina Lal Kidwai

India, Banker

Naresh Fernandes

Naresh Fernandes

India, Journalist

Nadir Godrej

Nadir Godrej

India, MD Godrej Industries

Nayantara Sahgal

Nayantara Sahgal

India, Author

Nell Leyshon

Nell Leyshon

UK, Author

Nikhil Prasad Ojha

Nikhil Prasad Ojha

India, Writer

P Chidambaram

P Chidambaram

India, MP

Prayaag Akbar

Prayaag Akbar

India, Author

Paul Goodwin

Paul Goodwin

UK, Artistic Director

Peter Frankopan

Peter Frankopan

UK, Author

Peter W. Galbraith

Peter W. Galbraith

USA, Author

Philippe Sands

Philippe Sands

UK, Professor

Priya Kurian

Priya Kurian

India, Writer

R Gopalakrishnan

R Gopalakrishnan

India, Author

Ranjit Hoskote

Ranjit Hoskote

India, Poet

Ranjit Lal

Ranjit Lal

India, Author

Ravi Subramanian

Ravi Subramanian

India, Author

Roshan Abbas

Roshan Abbas

India, Entrepreneur

Roshni Vyam

Roshni Vyam

India, Artist

Ruth Flanagan

Ruth Flanagan

Ireland, Teacher

S Y Quraishi

S Y Quraishi

India, Author

Sabika Abbas Naqvi

Sabika Abbas Naqvi

India, Poet

Sampurna Chattarji

Sampurna Chattarji

India, Author

Sanjoy Hazarika

Sanjoy Hazarika

India, Journalist

Sergio Chejfec

Sergio Chejfec

Spain, Writer

Shabana Azmi

Shabana Azmi

India, Actor

Shabnam Minwalla

Shabnam Minwalla

indian journalist

Shanta Gokhale

Shanta Gokhale

India, Writer

Shashi Tharoor

India, MP

Shekhar Gupta

Shekhar Gupta

India, Editor

Shimon Lev

Shimon Lev

Israel, Writer

Shobhaa De

Shobhaa De

India, Author

Shiv Visvanathan

Shiv Visvanathan

India, Intellectual

Siddharth Dasgupta

Siddharth Dasgupta

India, Poet

Sidharth Bhatia

Sidharth Bhatia

India, Editor

Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi

Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi

India, Author

Sunetra Choudhury

Sunetra Choudhury

India, News Anchor

Swaha Sahoo

Swaha Sahoo

India, Journalist

T M Krishna

T M Krishna

indian writer and musician

Tasneem Zakaria Mehta

Tasneem Zakaria Mehta

India, Museum Director

Teesta Setalvad

Teesta Setalvad

India, Journalist

Tejaswini Apte Rahm

Tejaswini Apte Rahm

India, Writer

Thomas Blom Hansen

Thomas Blom Hansen

Denmark, Writer

Thomas L. Friedman

Thomas L. Friedman

USA, Journalist

Tristram Hunt

Tristram Hunt

UK, Historian

Uday Singh Mehta

Uday Singh Mehta

India, Author

Ulrike Draesner

Ulrike Draesner

Germany, Author

Vikram Singh Mehta

Vikram Singh Mehta

India

Vir Sanghvi

Vir Sanghvi

India, Journalist

Vrinda Grover

Vrinda Grover

India, Human Rights Activist

Y V Reddy

Y V Reddy

India, Economist

Participants