Jaipur Lit Fest 2015: The writer I am here for

This year's Jaipur Literature Festival has witnessed the presence of eminent writers like Nobel laureate V.S. Naipaul, Pulitzer Prize winning poet Vijay Seshadri, father of modern travel writing Paul Theroux, Pultizer Prize-winning historian and journalist Kai Bird among several others. The attendees at the eigth edition of the literary festival list out names of their favourite authors with Javed Akhtar and Amish Tripathi emerging as popular choices. They also share perspectives on the difficulties and challeges encountered as they come out in huge numbers at the 17th-century Diggi Palace.