Welcome to this annual #bookclub that i host / chair at @litlivemumbai @litlivefest #TheMumbaiLitFest . Eminent writers speak about the book, so do contest winners….and then i come on and give my detailed overview, post which it becomes a free flowing discussion between audience, authors, contest winners and the chair! 📚 The back and forth of ideas gained and emotions felt while reading the novel ensures that this is thrilling for book lovers! This year we shall discuss the great American novel #TheGreatGatsby 📖 a 1925 tragedy written by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald and believe me when i say this… it has aged beautifully. 🌟 Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, near New York City, the novel depicts first-person narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with Jay Gatsby, a mysterious millionaire obsessed with reuniting with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan. I’ve loved the novel's treatment of social class, inherited vs self-made wealth, gender, race, and environmentalism, as well as its cynical attitude towards the American Dream. Come and hear #ArjunRajGaind #ClaireNubile @rehanamunir12 and me along with an engaged involved audience at the #LittleTheatre @NCPAMumbai 2 pm onwards on Saturday the 8th of November 2025. This is a literary masterpiece you want to find out so much more about 💥 and we shall help you do that. Also click here to know about all the sessions I’m involved with this year at India’s most prestigious literature festival! @SujitPatil litlive.in/fest25/speakers/h…

Wonderful that @SujitPatil @GodrejEnt_group and @KotakBankLtd would continue to provide support to this gem amongst international literature festivals and certainly India’s finest. Gratitude 🙏

It’s my favourite time of the year. I look forward to it with the exuberance of a child, study for it like a student appearing for a competitive exam and eventually when I get there spend three days and evenings In complete relaxation, total learning, meeting inspiring minds and absorbing sessions with a mixture of awe and joy! #LiteratureLive #TheMumbaiLitFest @litlivefest @litlivemumbai is back and as my mentor @anildharker would say (god bless his wonderful soul) … it’s tough but it must be done! Kudos to #QuasarThakorePadamsee #ReenaAgrawal #AntoineLewis #QTP and team for keeping it alive year on year even after the great man’s passing. In my over 10 year association with the festival this one’s gotta be one of the most exciting in terms of subjects. #Kafka & #MohinderAmarnath ? I mean what more could a lover of books and cricket ever ask for . See you at the @NCPAMumbai 15th to 17th November 2024. Register here litlive.in/fest24/speakers/h… @SujitPatil