The Eleventh Edition of Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai Litfest
Monday, November 16th to Sunday, November 22nd 2020

Virtual Festival
Real Books

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Vir Sanghvi

Author, India

Vir Sanghvi is a columnist, broadcaster and author.

His journalistic career includes stints as editor of Bombay, Imprint and Sunday before taking over at The Hindustan Times where he was first, Editor and then Editorial Director.
His television career includes anchoring numerous award winning shows across networks of which the most recent is Virtuosity on CNNNEWS18.

His books include the bestselling Men of Steel and Mandate, both of which have been translated into several languages.

Two new books were published this year: Game Changers by Amazon-Westland and The Indian Pantry by Penguin.

sessions

Debate : Indian Democracy Is In Danger

  • 19th November
  • 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

For The Motion : Mallika Sarabhai & Shashi Tharoor ; Against The Motion : R. Jagannathan & Shazia Ilmi ; Chair : Vir Sanghvi

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