Times Litfest Delhi 2017: Opening Ceremony

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

Moderator Vinita Dawra Nangia with Jaishree Misra during the session of ‘Love and Longing in Indian Writing’ on Day 1 of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 28, 2015. (BCCL/Anindya Chattopadhyay)

Noted author Taslima Nasrin during the Day 1 of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 28, 2015.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley during the session of ‘Five legal cases that have shaped Indian Democracy’on Day 1 of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 28, 2015. (BCCL/Piyal Bhattacharjee)

Naina Lal Kidwai in conversation with Gurcharan Das during the session of ‘Minding Women's business: Do women led enterprises in India find it difficult to reach scale’ on Day 1 of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 28, 2015. (BCCL/Anindya Chattopadhyay)

Moderator John Elliott on Day 1 of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 28, 2015. (BCCL/Anindya Chattopadhyay)

Ira Trivedi (L) during the session of ‘Love and Longing in Indian Writing’ on Day 1 of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 28, 2015. (BCCL/Anindya Chattopadhyay)

Amish Tripathi in conversation with Vikas Singh during the session of ‘Scion of Ikshvaku: Myth, History and Fiction’ on Day 1 of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 28, 2015. (BCCL/Anindya Chattopadhyay)

Valmik Thapar and Vinita Rai during the session of ‘Saving Wild India’ on Day 1 of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 28, 2015. (BCCL/Piyal Bhattacharjee)

Vivek Menon during the session of ‘Saving Wild India’ on Day 1 of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 28, 2015. (BCCL/Piyal Bhattacharjee)

Rajdeep Sardesai moderating the session of ‘Is India a liberal republic?’ on Day 1 of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 28, 2015. (BCCL/Piyal Bhattacharjee)

Boria Majumdar with moderator Indrajit Hazra during the session of ‘The Unknown Sachin Tapes’ on Day 1 of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 28, 2015. (BCCL/Piyal Bhattacharjee)

Kiran Nagarkar, Taslima Nasrin, ​Nilanjana Roy and Basharat Peer during the session of ‘The Writer as political hostage: Is the writer viewed as a Political Activist?’ on Day 1 of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 28, 2015. (BCCL/Anindya Chattopadhyay)

Ezekiel Malekar and Maria Khan during the session of ‘The Speaking Tree: The Modern Indian’s search for Spirituality’ on Day 1 of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 28, 2015. (BCCL/Anindya Chattopadhyay)

Avirook Sen with moderator Amrita Tripathi during the session of ‘Murder she wrote: Aarushi,Maria Susairaj and Writing on death in the city’ on Day 1 of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 28, 2015. (BCCL/Piyal Bhattacharjee)

Sadia Dehlvi with moderator Malvika Singh during the session of ‘Chronicling Delhi: Does Delhi still lack a definitive Biography’ on Day 1 of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 28, 2015. (BCCL/Piyal Bhattacharjee)

Moderator Malvika Singh and Namita Gokhale during the session of ‘Chronicling Delhi: Does Delhi still lack a definitive Biography’ on Day 1 of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 28, 2015. (BCCL/Piyal Bhattacharjee)

P Chidambaram during the session of ‘Is India a liberal republic?’ on Day 1 of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 28, 2015. (BCCL/Piyal Bhattacharjee)

Meenal Baghel during the session of ‘Chronicling Mumbai: Life after the Beautiful Forevers’ on Day 1 of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 28, 2015. (BCCL/Piyal Bhattacharjee)

Anuja Chauhan in conversation with VK Karthika during the session of ‘Creating the Desi Cool’ on Day 1 of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 28, 2015. (BCCL/Anindya Chattopadhyay)

Katherine Boo during the session of ‘Chronicling Mumbai: Life after the Beautiful Forevers’ on Day 1 of Times LitFest Delhi, held at Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on November 28, 2015. (BCCL/Piyal Bhattacharjee)