Jaipur Literature Festival ends its Third day with Key Speakers ranging from Historians to Politicians

on Mar 14, 2022

Jaipur Literature Festival 2022 had been a much-anticipated literary event. Every year it marks its presence by exhibiting rich cultural events full of delighting programs and enlightening sessions. The 15th edition of the festival is closing its doors today after a metaphorical feast for creativity and ideas. It had stellar speakers from different fields who presented their views on different topics and witnessed an audience of more than a million people. Those speakers varied from being historians to politicians to designers.

One of the renowned speakers was Saket Suman, the author of The Psychology of a Patriot, a book that presents a thought-provoking chronicle of India. During the panel discussion with Mukulika Banerjee, Suman added, “Liberty and Equality give patriotism its authority…Patriotism means different things to different people because, in our society, we have different standards of judging people.”

“We must respect each other and believe that all are equal in our nation and all nations in the world are equal. When there is equality in and among all nations, there will be harmony on the planet. When there is harmony on the planet, patriotism will drive our zeal to find solutions to mankind's gravest problems, to address inequality and give everybody the dignity of our shared evolution from apes to humans,” he added. He further said, “Until then, patriotism will remain a sham, an invisible moral authority that prevents us from seeing that there are greater things at play, that there are deep states, the corporations and the powers that be, those that do not go away with the rise and fall of governments or uprisings of the people."