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Literature helps you understand any subject in the world, says Dr Subhash Chandra

Ahead of the upcoming ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival, Esselgroup Chairman, Dr Subhash Chandra spoke about the importance of literature in every person's life. 

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Ahead of the upcoming ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival, Esselgroup Chairman, Dr Subhash Chandra spoke about the importance of literature in every person's life. 

The ZEE Jaipur Lit Fest will begin on January 21, 2016.  

Noted speakers who will grace the Lit Fest this year are Shashi Tharoor, Amish Tripathi, Anita Nair, Anuja Chauhan, Christina Lamb, Nilanjana Roy, Sidin Vadukut, William Dalrymple among others.

"I am not from the world of literature. But I have learnt so much from a lot people that i have met in the last many years.The time that we are living in is when one can experience all 9 Rasas. When you have read a lot, the perspective with which you look at the world will also change. As you may have noticed, even today, the circulation of newspapers haven't gone down. Literature in a way helps you to understand any subject," Dr Subash Chandra said. 

The world’s largest free festival of its kind, the ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival has been described as the ‘greatest literary show on Earth’. Celebrating writers from across the world, the Festival has hosted some of the best regarded and loved names ranging from Nobel Laureates and Man Booker Prize winners to star debuts including Amish Tripathi, Eleanor Catton, Hanif Kureishi, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Ian McEwan, JM Coetzee, Mohammed Hanif, Oprah Winfrey, Orhan Pamuk, Pico Iyer, Salman Rushdie, Vikram Seth and Wole Soyinka, as well as renowned Indian language writers such as Girish Karnad, Mahasweta Devi, MT Vasudevan Nair, Uday Prakash and UR Ananthamurthy.

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