Karishma Gaur
I have always believed that I chose to be in the field of literature for more than one reason – that of reading. Of course, the pleasure of reading is the foundation, but there is so much more. The Jaipur Literature Festival confirmed my belief in so many ways. The five days that I spent in Jaipur, attending the sessions and just being a part of it all were longer than I have ever spent without calling home and my friends every few hours.This time, I didn’t feel the need to, because I was home … To begin with, the entire organization was immaculate. The Teamwork crew was impeccable in their execution and we all felt so welcome from the word go that after the first day, we knew exactly what to do and where to go and whom to ask if we didn’t know …I have been thinking, even as I have been writing this, about how to justifiably put into words the sheer awe that I experienced at the sessions of the festival … Simply speaking, there is no way that one can sum up the amount of knowledge, the enlightenment, and of course the very pleasure of being able to hear and see and talk to the people that we’ve only known from printed prose all our lives.The evenings were splendid too …At this point, it is quite pointless to even try to find anything to critique or suggest improvements upon, because one is simply immersed in the collective nostalgia of those five days which are now going to be superimposed on all our other holiday memories for a long time to come. I would just like to personally and sincerely thank all for being the most amazing hosts of the most amazing festival.
