Swati Lahoti, Namita S. Kalla | The Wind Beneath His Wings | Jaipur Literature Festival

The Wind Beneath His Wings: Swati Lahoti & Namita S. Kalla Swati Lahoti is a writer by passion. She has variously worked as a placement consultant and copywriter. However, the role most dear to her heart is that of a mother to her two sons. Her book is about her redemption as a student, teacher, mother and most importantly as a daughter. Namita S. Kalla is the Features Editor at Patrika Plus, Rajasthan Patrika. A writer and journalist with more than 15 years of experience, she has written for numerous outlets, including the Times Of India, Hindustan Times, DNA, Femina, Woman’s Era, Cosmopolitan and Catch News. She has also co-authored the book 101 Ways to Experience Jaipur and has written three coffee table books. She is currently working on a collection of short stories. The Wind Beneath His Wings The Wind Beneath His Wings is a mother’s tale chronicling her son’s journey of making it to the coveted precincts of IIT-Bombay: it is a tale of grit, toil, determination, triumph,  tribulation and concerted effort, told from a mother’s perspective. It tells us how family is critical to an individual’s success and is a clarioncall for parents of future IIT aspirants to help them keep their children motivated and inspired through the course of an immensely arduous process. In this session, Swati Lahoti, the book’s author shares her story of redemption as a mother and mentor. THE JAIPUR LITERATURE FESTIVAL Described as the 'greatest literary show on Earth', the Jaipur Literature Festival is a sumptuous feast of ideas. The past decade has seen it transform into a global literary phenomenon having hosted nearly 2000 speakers and welcoming over a million book lovers from across India and the globe. Our core values remain unchanged: to serve as a democratic, non-aligned platform offering free and fair access. Every year, the Festival brings together a diverse mix of the world's greatest writers, thinkers, humanitarians, politicians, business leaders, sports people and entertainers on one stage to champion the freedom to express and engage in thoughtful debate and dialogue. Festival Co Directors Namita Gokhale and William Dalrymple, alongside Producer Sanjoy K Roy and Teamwork Arts, create a platform for an array of speakers to debate, discuss and present their ideas in the annual five-day programme set against the backdrop of Rajasthan's stunning cultural heritage and the Diggi Palace in the state capital Jaipur. Past speakers have ranged from Nobel Laureates His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, J.M. Coetzee, Muhammad Yunus and Orhan Pamuk, Man Booker Prize winners Ben Okri, Howard Jacobson, Margaret Atwood, Marlon James, Michael Ondaatje, Paul Beatty and Yan Martel, Pulitzer Prize winners Andrew Sean Greer, Benjamin Moser, Colson Whitehead and Jhumpa Lahiri, Sahitya Akademi winners Gulzar, Javed Akhtar, M.T. Vasudevan Nair as well as the late Girish Karnad, Mahasweta Devi and U.R. Ananthamurthy along with literary luminaries including Amish Tripathi, Chima¬manda Ngozi Adichie, Vikram Chandra and Vikram Seth. An annual event that goes beyond literature, the Festival has also hosted Amartya Sen, Amitabh Bachchan, the late A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Oprah Winfrey, Stephen Fry, Thomas Piketty and former president of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai. The Jaipur Literature Festival is a flagship event of Teamwork Arts, which produces over 33 highly acclaimed performing arts, visual arts and literary festivals across more than 40 cities globally. Link to our website: https://www.jaipurliteraturefestival.org Link to Jaipur Literature Festival 2019 sessions: https://bit.ly/31bmftK Links to the other session by Namita S. Kalla:    • Paramita Satpathy, Namita S.Kalla | A Boun...   Social media links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JaipurLitFes... Twitter:   / jaipurlitfest   Instagram:   / jaipurlitfest