Jaipur Lit Fest 2017 Day 1: Writers, poets and book nerds assemble

Poet, lyricist and film director Gulzar during Jaipur Literature Festival. (Saumya Khandelwal / HT Photo)

Updated on: Jan 20, 2017 12:20 PM IST

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Poet, lyricist and film director Gulzar during Jaipur Literature Festival. (Saumya Khandelwal / HT Photo)

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Poet, lyricist and film director Gulzar speaks during a session at the Jaipur Literature Fest 2017. (Saumya Khandelwal/HT PHOTO)

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Poet Anne Waldman addresses during the inaugural session. (Himanshu Vyas / HT photo)

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SSpiritual writer and founder of Isha Foundation Jaggi Vasudev during the Inner Engineering: A Yogi's guide to Joy session. (Himanshu Vyas / HT photo)

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Spiritual writer and founder of Isha Foundation Jaggi Vasudev in conversation with JLF Festival Producer Sanjoy K. Roy during the Inner Engineering: A Yogi's Guide to Joy session at the Jaipur Literature Fest 2017. (Saumya Khandelwal/HT PHOTO)

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Former BBC Correspondent Mark Tully at the JLF. (Saumya Khandelwal/HT PHOTO)

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Philip A. Lutgendorf speaks during the Global Hindi : The Desi Diaspora session at the JLF (Saumya Khandelwal/HT PHOTO)

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(L to R) S L Bhyrappa in conversation with Vivek Shanbagh during the Saakshi: The Witness session at the JLF. (Saumya Khandelwal/HT PHOTO)

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Writer & Poet Paul Beatty in conversation with Meru Gokhale during The Sellout session at the JLF. (Himanshu Vyas / HT photo)

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Writer & Poet Paul Beatty in conversation with Meru Gokhale during The Sellout session of JLF. (Himanshu Vyas / HT photo)

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Vasanthi, author of Amma, in conversation with HT at the Jaipur Literature Fest. (Saumya Khandelwal/HT PHOTO)

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Guests at the Jaipur Literature Fest 2017. (Saumya Khandelwal/HT PHOTO)

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Vasundhar Raje launching Valmik Thapar's book 'Living With Tigers' during the inaugural session of Jaipur Literature Festival 2017. (Prabhakar Sharma / Ht photo)

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Anu Singh Choudhary during the Global Hindi : The Desi Diaspora session at the JLF. (Saumya Khandelwal/HT PHOTO)

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Suhel Seth during a session at the Jaipur Literature Fest 2017 in Jaipur, India, on Thursday, January 19, 2017. ( (Saumya Khandelwal/HT PHOTO)

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Amruta Patil speaks at Blood and Flowers session at the JLF. (Saumya Khandelwal/HT PHOTO)

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Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje and Spiritual writer and founder of Isha Foundation Jaggi Vasudev at the JLF (Saumya Khandelwal/HT PHOTO)

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Former BBC Correspondent Mark Tully and other guest attends at Jaipur Literature Festival 2017, in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India on Thursday, 19 January, 2017.

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Visitors on the inaugural day of Jaipur Literature Festival 2017.