On Republic Day, the Jaipur Literature Festival grappled, in its own inimitable way, with the past and future of the Indian republic. The day featured ex-heads of state and Bollywood stars, as well as economists, ex-diplomats, historians and novelists. There were sessions on revolutionary poetry -- Vishal Bhardwaj talking about Hamlet and Haider -- as well as on universities, Swachh Bharat, the murdered journalist Gauri Lankesh, China and India, and Mahatma Gandhi with the renowned Gandhi scholar Tridivesh Suhrud. There was also a session which featured five Bengalis talking about rosogollas.
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