Jaipur Literature Festival had more books, less controversy

In some sense, a maturity has crept in to both the festival and the coverage of it in the national media

Business Standard Editorial Comment 

There was a time, not so long ago, when the Jaipur Literature Festival was a magnet for controversy. Somebody would say, or threaten to say, something controversial and the assembled press would ensure that it would be front-page news.

For that matter, given the number of media professionals assembled on the press terrace at Diggi Palace, the festival venue, even relatively uncontroversial remarks could and were spun into headline-grabbing statements. This year’s iteration of the Festival, however, was largely free of such incident. It is true that the advertising executive, poet and ...

First Published: Sun, February 11 2018. 06:00 IST