IAAC Literary Festival 2026

The IAAC Literary Festival 2026 brings together novelists, poets, historians, chefs, economists and thinkers to talk about memory, myth, belonging and the many ways we tell who we are. Over two days, writers from India and its diaspora share the work that keeps these questions alive.

On Saturday, November 14, step into conversations with Rachel Gurjar, Manil Suri, Sanjay R. Srivatsa, Advaitavadini Kaul, Brinda Charry, Priya Hajela, Creator’s Block, Arno Klein, Radha Vatsal, Neeraj Khemlani, Makarand R. Paranjape, Sandip Das and Pallavi Das, Dr. Pratibha Ray, and our Poetry Panel with Preeti Parikh, Subhashini Kaligotla and Sudeep Sen, moderated by Dr. Ravi Shankar. A Publishers Panel and a session on the History of Orissa complete the day.
On Sunday, November 15, join Karan Mahajan, Devesh Kapur and Arvind Subramanian, Rakesh Kaul with Rajendra Singh, and Kenneth Chenault as the festival continues.