Tag: Jaipur Literature festival 2017

‘Contact with Napoleon a death sentence for Tipu Sultan’

Napoleon's life and career disapproves the Leftist challenge to the "Great Man" theory of history, for he not only influenced the course of European history but also of faraway India, where it was his talk of alliance with Tipu Sultan, that ensured a virtual death sentence for the Mysore ruler from the British colonial rulers, …

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January 22, 2017

Man Booker Prize winner to grace Jaipur lit fest

Man Booker Prize-winning author Paul Beatty features in the final list of speakers of the much-awaited literary event of the upcoming year ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival 2017 that was announced on Tuesday. Beatty, who wrote the book 'The Sellout' will be making his first appearance at the festival.  Other speakers at the JLF are writer and …

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December 21, 2016