The Jaipur Dialogues
The Jaipur Dialogues | |
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Genre | Literary festival |
Location(s) | Jaipur, India |
Years active | 2016 – present |
Website |
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Jaipur Dialogues[1] is a conference, discussion, and book launch event in Jaipur, India. It is the flagship event of Jaipur Dialogues Forum, a non-profit organisation.
Sanjay Dixit is the Chairman of the Forum. The Jaipur Dialogues is the flagship brand of the Forum. It is organised as an annual event, besides many smaller events through the year.
The annual event and the smaller events have been held in Jaipur only. The 2017 event was attended by famous personalities from all sides of the intellectual discourse, but the event had a preponderance of the people from the right wing[2]
The first event was held on 19-20 November, 2016[3]. The second annual event was held on 18, 19, 20 November, 2017.
A small academic event was held on March 8, 2018 with David Frawley, Sanjay Dixit and Abhijit Chavda attending. The topics for discussion included 'Collapse of Aryan Invasion Theory' and 'Relationship of Quantum theory and Relativity with Vedanta'.
Participants
The first annual event was attended by:
- David Frawley
- Syed Ata Hasnain
- Tarek Fatah[4]
- Sanjay Dixit
- Tufail Ahmad
- Arvind Virmani
- Sushant Sareen
- Yusuf Unjhawala
The second annual event was significantly expanded. Participants included but are not limited to:
- Subramanian Swamy[5]
- Shekhar Gupta
- Sonal Mansingh
- Narendra Kohli
- Arif Mohammad Khan
- Sanjay Dixit
- David Frawley[6]
- R. Jagannathan
- Syed Ata Hasnain
- T.V. Mohandas Pai
- Alok Mehta[7]
The event was widely reported in National newspapers.[8]
Book Launches
Two Book launches were done during the event. Sanjay Dixit did a soft launch of his Krishna Gopeshvara, a forthcoming publication of Bloomsbury Publishing, and Shantanu Gupta released his Bloomsbury Publishing publication, The Monk Who Became Chief Minister.
References
- ↑ Introduction to The Jaipur Dialogues https://www.swarajyamag.com/ideas/the-jaipur-dialogues-furthering-a-self-confident-narrative-without-the-jingoism
- ↑ Why I was glad to be at The Jaipur Dialogues this year https://swarajyamag.com/ideas/why-i-am-glad-i-was-at-the-jaipur-dialogues-this-year
- ↑ An Overview of The Jaipur Dialogues 2016 https://www.swarajyamag.com/topic/Jaipur%20Dialogues
- ↑ http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/demonetisation-has-hit-pak-sponsored-terror-activities-tarek-fatah-4384302/
- ↑ https://news.yahoo.com/congress-needs-indigenisation-becoming-stronger-swamy-173009659.html
- ↑ http://www.dnaindia.com/jaipur/report-the-jaipur-dialogues-what-comes-first-nation-or-nationalism-2561010
- ↑ Introduction to The Jaipur Dialogues 2017 https://www.swarajyamag.com/ideas/jaipur-dialogues-2017-setting-the-tone-for-a-new-indian-discourse
- ↑ What comes first, Nation or Nationalism http://www.dnaindia.com/jaipur/report-the-jaipur-dialogues-what-comes-first-nation-or-nationalism-2561010