Anonymous Twitter user @JLFInsider makes waves at the Zee Jaipur Lit fest

This year’s, otherwise controversy-free, literature gathering was brought alive on the web thanks to the ‘critical reporting’ skills of the ‘JLF Insider’. This anonymous Twitter account that came up on the first day of the five-day festival quickly gathered attention on the cyberverse with his/her witty and hilarious takes on the everyday ongoings of the literati.

The user’s quirky, funny, and mostly apt comments, infused with sarcasm, not only made for a great read, but were also an accurate summation of the festival atmosphere.

“I created this handle a day before the JLF started,” the literary comic shares with us on conditions of anonymity.

“And since I don't tweet very often from my personal handle, the idea of live-tweeting about such an event from my usually defunct handle didn't seem appealing to me. So I set up a new profile and started following some of the people who had been to JLF last year,” the insider explains.

“I never expected the sort of reaction I received. But the bio was a hit!”

JLFInsider's favourite JLF moment was...

“I think, the most entertaining thing happened when most of the audience turned against and booed Shashi Mittal while she was defending her regressive television shows.”

“I had two favourite sessions. One was 'Who Will Rule The World' and the other was 'Black Holes, Worm Holes and Time Machines'. Jim Al Khalili, Mark Mazzetti and, of course, Reza Aslan were speakers that I liked the most!,” he shares.

Here are some of the funniest of the tweets that shot the JLF Insider to fame:

Okay, 7/7 of the debaters have spoken for the motion. Best. Debate. Ever.

— JLF Insider (@JLFInsider) January 21, 2014

People were disappointed at Javed Akhtar's absence today because seeing him in 13 TV debates every day isn't enough.

— JLF Insider (@JLFInsider) January 19, 2014

For every Coca Cola bottle that is sold, 27 ummeedo wali dhoop ads are played at the JLF.

— JLF Insider (@JLFInsider) January 19, 2014

All in all, a very interesting day at the JLF. Reza Aslan made a personal record of speaking 106 words under ten seconds.

— JLF Insider (@JLFInsider) January 18, 2014

A group of really well read people is here at Char Bagh to hear Shashi Tharoor. They read everything except a newspaper.

— JLF Insider (@JLFInsider) January 18, 2014

First session of the day for me is The Essential Gloria Steinem. The girls beside me are excited because she's Batman's step mother.

— JLF Insider (@JLFInsider) January 17, 2014

Person accompanying me to the #JLF really wants to attend the keynote address by Amartya Sen who's won the Nobel in Physics. This'll be fun.

— JLF Insider (@JLFInsider) January 16, 2014