Inspiring sessions delight audience
The Day 2 of the Zee Jaipur Literature Festival inspired and entertained people with its plenary sessions on various topics. Anil Kumble and Baichung Bhutia along with sport writers Sidin Vadukut and Ronojoy Sen spoke in the session on how Indian sport managed to focus entirely on cricket.
Jaipur: The Day 2 of the Zee Jaipur Literature Festival inspired and entertained people with its plenary sessions on various topics. Anil Kumble and Baichung Bhutia along with sport writers Sidin Vadukut and Ronojoy Sen spoke in the session on how Indian sport managed to focus entirely on cricket.
“Other games are not getting their due recognition in India as they are not getting the results which people want. Football is a team game. Every player has an important role in the game,” Baichung said. “However, football is slightly better,” he said smilingly, in relation to the casual way in which people view the IPL. Baichung said that playing his 100th match for India was one of the proudest moments for him.
Anil Kumble said, “Indians throughout the world passionately follow cricket, making it the most sought-after sport in the sub-continent. Strategies and tactics used in the game very much make cricket a team sport and every individual’s effort helps the team to win.”
In another session Barkha Dutt and Shobha De spoke about women in India. Barkha Dutt said, “Women should stand up for their rights and should not feel victimised. I’m proud of Sunny Leone and the way she handled the recent TV interview.”
Barkha also said that Shah Rukh Khan should not have backed from his stance. Speaking about the coverage of the 26/11 attacks in the media, Barkha Dutt said, “The government should have informed the media houses on the same day about the coverage of 26/11 attacks rather than informing them later.”
Barkha also recalled and shared many controversies and other tidbits from her career in journalism. Margaret Atwood, in conversation with the novelist Naomi Alderman, regaled the audience with her take on zombie apocalypses, giant robots, politics and literature.
She quipped that the zombie government which was set in ousted Canadian Prime Minister Steven Harper’s term, to the general amusement of the audience. The audience found Atwood, arms flailing and curls flying, as she spoke passionately about zombies immensely endearing.
Atwood then read from her latest novel, ‘The Heart Goes Last’, which is set in a dystopian future that sees people voluntarily sign up to spend six months of their year in prison making the audience think deeply about how exciting and frightening their own future may be.
