Jaipur Literature Festival draws to a close

January 25, 2016 23:27

Curtains came down on the Jaipur Literature Festival today with "intolerance" becoming a hot topic of discussion at the event.

On the inaugural day filmmaker Karan Johar kicked up a storm with his remark that "freedom of expression is the biggest joke and democracy is the second biggest joke".

Actor Kajol dismissed any intolerance in Bollywood, actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha stated it was 'childish' to speak of it while Anupam Kher termed the intolerance debate as "a joke."

Writers Ashok Vajpeyi, Uday Prakash and K Satchidanandan hit out against a lack of freedom of expression.

Canadian writer Margaret Atwood, who gave the inaugural lecture, 2015 Booker Winner Marlon James, comedian Stephen Fry, sportspersons Anil Kumble and Baichung Bhutia, besides bestselling author Amish Tripathi, Ruskin Bond, photographer Steve McCurry, were among over 360 authors at the five-day literary event.

According to the organisers, there was a "40 per cent increase in footfall, with average age of visitor being 15-25 years".

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