India’s Weighty Litfest Funding Endangered by Criticism of Modi

Jaipur event’s financial sponsors may worry about upsetting government

By: John Elliott

The internationally famous Jaipur Literature Festival, which has become the largest event of its kind in the world, may have to abandon its stylish pitch of the past 15 years in the Pink City’s Diggi Palace and search for a new location, maybe even in another city.

Always controversial because of its independence, the festival hit the hea…