Jaki Shelton Green, NC Poet Laureate, discussing how music & poetry are related jakisheltongreen.com - at Jaipur Literature Festival North Carolina #JLF #JLFnc

Celebrated poets Vijay Seshadri & Jaki Shelton Green in convo w/ another celebrated poet Joseph Bathanti are ending today’s Jaipur Literature Festival North Carolina #JLF #JLFnc starting w/discussion of role of poets in strengthening of democracy; Brecht: ‘what will we sing about in the dark times?’

Manil Suri conversation moderated by Manjri Lall at Jaipur Literature Festival NC #JLF #JLFnc www.manilsuri.com (book images from his site); he came to US at age 20; his mom was personal secretary to Indira Gandhi

Jeff Tiberi of @npr.org moderating discussion w/ restaurateurs Vishwesh Bhatt & Cheetie Kumar (also a musician) ‘Food, Memory, and Culture’ at Jaipur Literature Festival NC #JLF #JLFnc incl discussion of connection of restaurants & disaster relief efforts - - community-building in good and bad times