Times Litfest Delhi 2017: Opening Ceremony

Amitav Ghosh speaks during the session of 'China and the making of modern India: A story of fantasy, abuse and recovered memory' on Day 2 of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 29, 2015. (BCCL/Piyal Bhattacharjee)

Maithili Rao with Fahad Samar and Jai Arjun Singh during the session of 'Cinema as agent and reflector of Change' on Day 2 of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 29, 2015. (BCCL/Piyal Bhattacharjee)

Moderator Rajesh Kalra with Lindy Pricket during the session of 'Freedom Online: The Net and Democracy' on Day 2 of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 29, 2015. (BCCL/Piyal Bhattacharjee)

Amit Chaudhuri during the session of 'Odysseus Abroad' on Day 2 of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 29, 2015. (BCCL/Anindya Chattopadhyay)

Leela Gandhi and Nivedita Menon during the session of 'Towards an Indian Feminism' on Day 2 of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 29, 2015. (BCCL/Anindya Chattopadhyay)

Niall Ferguson during the session of 'Kissinger, diplomacy and the end of the American order'on Day 2 of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 29, 2015. (BCCL/Piyal Bhattacharjee)

Githa Hariharan with moderator Supriya Nair during the session of 'Resisting the dominant narrative' on Day 2 of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 29, 2015. (BCCL/Piyal Bhattacharjee)

Vikas Singh, Gucharan Das and Vinita Dawra Nangia during the session of 'Fiction, History and the Mahabharata' on Day 2 of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 29, 2015. (BCCL/Piyal Bhattacharjee)

Ashutosh speaks on Day 2 of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 29, 2015. (BCCL/Anindya Chattopadhyay)

Seema Alavi and Nayanjot Lahiri during the session of 'Biography and the Making of Indian History' on Day 2 of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 29, 2015. (BCCL/Piyal Bhattacharjee)

Devdutt Patnaik speaks during the session of 'Myth in our daily lives answers from the Scriptures' on Day 2 of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 29, 2015. (BCCL/Piyal Bhattacharjee)

Jeet Thayil and Supriya Nair during the poetry session on Day 2 of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 29, 2015. (BCCL/Anindya Chattopadhyay)

Ravish Kumar, Shekhar Gupta and Regha Jha during the session of 'Is Mass Media Dying? The Future of Journalism' on Day 2 of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 29, 2015. (BCCL/Piyal Bhattacharjee)

Moderator Satyarth Naik with Mahendra Jakhar and Ravi Subramanian during the session of 'Crafting the Indian Thriller' on Day 2 of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 29, 2015. (BCCL/Piyal Bhattacharjee)

Patrick French and Siddharth Varadarajan during the session of 'India: A Portrait' on Day 2 of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 29, 2015. (BCCL/Anindya Chattopadhyay)

Arun Maira and Swaminathan Aiyar during the session of 'India and Reforms: Learning from history and doing it right' on Day 2 of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 29, 2015. (BCCL/Piyal Bhattacharjee)

Jairam Ramesh speaks during the session of 'India and Reforms: Learning from history and doing it right' on Day 2 of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 29, 2015. (BCCL/Piyal Bhattacharjee)

R Gopalakrishnan and Suhel Seth during the session of 'What the CEO wants: How to create compassionate Capitalism in India' on Day 2 of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 29, 2015. (BCCL/Anindya Chattopadhyay)

Moderator Sanjoy Roy and Christopher Doyle during the session of 'Myth, legend and history and fiction' on Day 2 of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 29, 2015. (BCCL/Piyal Bhattacharjee)

Moderator Robin Jeffrey with Shyam Babu and Chandrabhan during the session of 'Against all Odds: Dalit Entrepreneurship' on Day 2 of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 29, 2015. (BCCL/Anindya Chattopadhyay)

Moderator Shobhaa De with Sunil Khilnani during the session of 'Iconic Indians and the Idea of India' on Day 2 of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 29, 2015. (BCCL/Piyal Bhattacharjee)

NK Singh speaks during the session of 'Reforming Bihar: Challenges for the new Government' on Day 2 of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 29, 2015. (BCCL/Anindya Chattopadhyay)

Ananth Padmanabhan and moderator Rosalyn de'Mello during the session of 'Erotica: Is Sexuality in Indian writing still under the covers' on Day 2 of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 29, 2015. (BCCL/Anindya Chattopadhyay)

Ram Gopal Verma on Day 2 of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 29, 2015. (BCCL/Anindya Chattopadhyay)

Ananya Vajpeyi, Kancha Ilaiah and Shyam Babu during the session of 'Reimagining the Republic’s icons: Patel, Nehru and Ambedkar' on Day 2 of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 29, 2015. (BCCL/Anindya Chattopadhyay)

Moderator Sankarshan Thakur and Rakesh Sood during the session of 'Kashmir Today: Towards an Indian Future?' on Day 2 of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 29, 2015. (BCCL/Piyal Bhattacharjee)

AS Dulat and Radha Kumar during the session of 'Kashmir Today: Towards an Indian Future?' on Day 2 of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 29, 2015. (BCCL/Piyal Bhattacharjee)

Santosh Desai and Aakar Patel during the session of 'Creating the Hindu mind: Past and Present' on Day 2 of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 29, 2015. (BCCL/Piyal Bhattacharjee)

Akshaya Mukul with moderator Manisha Sethi during the session of 'Creating the Hindu mind: Past and Present' on Day 2 of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 29, 2015. (BCCL/Piyal Bhattacharjee)

(L-R) Anuj Bahri, Ashok Chopra and moderator Ashwin Sanghi during the session of 'How to get published?' on Day 2 of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 29, 2015. (BCCL/Anindya Chattopadhyay)

Satyanand Nirupam and VK Karthika during the session of 'How to get published?' on Day 2 of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 29, 2015. (BCCL/Anindya Chattopadhyay)

Ritu Agarwal during the children's story session of 'BookVook' on Day 2 of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 29, 2015. (BCCL/Anindya Chattopadhyay)