Times Litfest Delhi 2017: Opening Ceremony

Chief Guest, Honorable Vice President of India, Shri M. Hamid Ansari with Raj Jain, CEO Times Group, festival director Sagarika Ghose, festival co-director ​Nalin Mehta and DS group director Atul Jain during the inauguration of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 28, 2015. (BCCL/Anindya Chattopadhyay)

Chief Guest, Honorable Vice President of India, Shri M. Hamid Ansari speaks during the inauguration of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 28, 2015. (BCCL/Anindya Chattopadhyay)

Chief Guest, Honorable Vice President of India, Shri M. Hamid Ansari with Raj Jain, CEO Times Group, festival director Sagarika Ghose and DS group director Atul Jain during the inauguration of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 28, 2015. (BCCL/Anindya Chattopadhyay)

Chief Guest, Honorable Vice President of India, Shri M. Hamid Ansari with Raj Jain, CEO Times Group and festival director Sagarika Ghose during the inauguration of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 28, 2015. (BCCL/Piyal Bhattacharjee)

Book lovers during the Day 1 of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 28, 2015. (BCCL/Anindya Chattopadhyay)

Chief Guest, Honorable Vice President of India, Shri M. Hamid Ansari speaks during the inauguration of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 28, 2015. (BCCL/Piyal Bhattacharjee)

Chief Guest, Honorable Vice President of India, Shri M. Hamid Ansari with festival director Sagarika Ghose, festival co-director Nalin Mehta and DS group director Atul Jain during the inauguration of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 28, 2015. (BCCL/Piyal Bhattacharjee)

Chief Guest, Honorable Vice President of India, Shri M. Hamid Ansari arrives during the inauguration of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 28, 2015. (BCCL/Piyal Bhattacharjee)

Chief Guest, Honorable Vice President of India, Shri M. Hamid Ansari with John Elliott during the inauguration of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 28, 2015. (BCCL/Piyal Bhattacharjee)

Book lovers during the Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 28, 2015. (BCCL/Anindya Chattopadhyay)