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A Big Thank You to all the delegates, patrons, publishers, partners, volunteers, booklovers and everyone else who made the 16th edition of Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival a grand success. See you all at #AKLF2026
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A Maverick in Politics: Mani Shankar Aiyar on his memoirs. With historian Rudrangshu Mukherjee. #AKLF2025 #AKLF16Years #AKLF #Litfest #Kolkata #ParkStreet #AllenPark #OxfordBookstore #Books #Literature #ApeejaySurrendraGroup
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Table Talk: Food with friends and family – building a community. Sunita Kohli launches her new book, The India Cookbook – From the Tables of My Friends. With Shaun Kenworthy, Usha Uthup. Moderator: Oindrilla Dutt #AKLF2025 #AKLF16Years #AKLF #Litfest #OxfordBookstore
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Jadu! Shair Extraordinaire: Javed Akhtar’s poetic journey seen through Sumantra Ghosal’s English translations. Mod: Supriya Newar #AKLF2025 #AKLF16Years #AKLF #Litfest #Kolkata #ParkStreet #AllenPark #OxfordBookstore #Books #Literature #ApeejaySurrendraGroup
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Freedom or Death: Martyrs and Revolutionaries. Aparna Vaidik on Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru; Prasun Roy on Rashbehari Bose. Mod: Sudeep Chakravarti #AKLF2025 #AKLF16Years #AKLF #Litfest #Kolkata #ParkStreet #AllenPark #OxfordBookstore #Literature #ApeejaySurrendraGroup
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Jadu! Shair Extraordinaire: Javed Akhtar’s poetic journey seen through Sumantra Ghosal’s English translations. Mod: Supriya Newar #AKLF2025 #AKLF16Years #AKLF #Litfest #Kolkata #ParkStreet #AllenPark #OxfordBookstore #Books #Literature #ApeejaySurrendraGroup
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The Way Back Home: Actor-Director M K Raina revisits the Kashmir of his childhood in his new memoir. With Vikram Iyengar #AKLF2025 #AKLF16Years #AKLF #Litfest #Kolkata #ParkStreet #AllenPark #OxfordBookstore #Books #Literature #ApeejaySurrendraGroup
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Life, Actually: Young women and the new India. New fiction by Anisha Lalvani (Girls Who Stray), Rupleena Bose (The Summer of Then), Shabnam Minwala (Zen). Mod: Jashodhara Chakravarti. #AKLF2025 #AKLF16Years #AKLF #Litfest #ParkStreet #AllenPark #OxfordBookstore
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Crosswinds: Poet Anupama Raju discusses the impact of French art and literature on her oeuvre, with scholar Chinmoy Guha. Co-presented with Alliance Francaise du Bengale #AKLF2025 #AKLF16Years #AKLF #Litfest #Kolkata #ParkStreet #AllenPark #OxfordBookstore #Literature
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Papa Don’t Preach: Dealing with Patriarchy in our daily lives. With Akhil Katyal, Sandip Roy, Nusrat F Jafri, Neha Dixit. Mod: Paromita Chakravarti #AKLF2025 #AKLF16Years #AKLF #Litfest #Kolkata #ParkStreet #AllenPark #OxfordBookstore #Books #ApeejaySurrendraGroup
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Gritty City: What lies under the glitz of India’s Capital? Sudeep Chakravarti (Fallen City), Prayaag Akbar (Mother India). Mod: Samrat Choudhury #AKLF2025 #AKLF16Years #AKLF #Litfest #Kolkata #ParkStreet #AllenPark #OxfordBookstore #Literature #ApeejaySurrendraGroup
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Insider/Outsider: Questions of belonging, from region to caste, religion and community. With Samrat Choudhury, Preeti Gill, Nusrat F Jafri, Vikas Jha. Mod: Jael Silliman #AKLF2025 #AKLF16Years #AKLF #Litfest #Kolkata #ParkStreet #AllenPark #OxfordBookstore #Books #Literature
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First Look: Ruchir Joshi reveals a glimpse of his long awaited novel, Great Eastern Hotel, set in Calcutta of the 40s. With Anjum Katyal. #AKLF2025 #AKLF16Years #AKLF #Litfest #Kolkata #ParkStreet #AllenPark #OxfordBookstore #Books #Literature #ApeejaySurrendraGroup
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Freedom or Death: Martyrs and Revolutionaries. Aparna Vaidik on Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru; Prasun Roy on Rashbehari Bose. Mod: Sudeep Chakravarti #AKLF2025 #AKLF16Years #AKLF #Litfest #Kolkata #ParkStreet #AllenPark #OxfordBookstore #Literature #ApeejaySurrendraGroup
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Body and Soul: Feeling good inside and out. With Beauty guru Blossom Kochhar, and mental health experts Vandana Kohli and Aritra Sarkar. Mod: Shubha Kenworthy #AKLF2025 #AKLF16Years #AKLF #Litfest #Kolkata #ParkStreet #AllenPark #OxfordBookstore #Books #ApeejaySurrendraGroup
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Vibrant City: Meet 19th Century Calcutta’s fascinating characters, from actress Binodini Dasi to piano tuner Harry Hobbs. Sreemati Mukherjee, Devasis Chattopadhyay Mod: Husna-Tara Prakash #AKLF2025 #AKLF16Years #AKLF #Litfest #Kolkata #ParkStreet #AllenPark #OxfordBookstore
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Wonder Women: Trailblazers of 19th Century Bengal. Madhurima Vidyarthi on doctor Kadambani Ganguly, Saptarshi Mullick on the travelogue of Lady Abala Bose. Mod: Sujata Sen #AKLF2025 #AKLF16Years #AKLF #Litfest #Kolkata #ParkStreet #AllenPark #OxfordBookstore #Books #Literature
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My Way: Talking translation. With translators Arunava Sinha, V Ramaswamy, Anjana Basu, Navamalati Neog Chakravarty. Mod: Ratnottama Sengupta #AKLF2025 #AKLF16Years #AKLF #Litfest #Kolkata #ParkStreet #AllenPark #OxfordBookstore #Books #Literature #ApeejaySurrendraGroup
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Photographs and Memories: The role of memory, personal histories and oral narratives. Tapti Roy, Sarmistha Dutta Gupta, Ramona Sen, Brinda Crishna. Mod: Amita Prasad #AKLF2025 #AKLF16Years #AKLF #Litfest #Kolkata #ParkStreet #AllenPark #OxfordBookstore #Books #Literature
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Visit Oxford Bookstore Stall at 48th International Kolkata Book Fair 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐍𝐨. 𝐄-𝟏𝟕 (𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐆𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐍𝐨. 𝟒) 28th January to 9th February 2025 Get Flat 10% Discount on all your favourite books #OxfordBookstoreatKBF2025 #KolkataBookFair2025 #KolkataBookFair
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Of Hookups and Breakups: Love, loss, intrigue With @ShenazTreasury (All He Left Me was a Recipe), @AuthorNBhushan (Love Swipe Blackmail) #AKLF2025 #AKLF16Years #Kolkata #ParkStreet #AllenPark #OxfordBookstore
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