ELEVEN SEASONS. MANY RETURNING VOICES.

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Discover the writers, poets, artists and thinkers who joined us from 2015 to 2025. Follow a familiar voice across the years.

OUR FESTIVAL HISTORY

All our festival voices.

141 speaker profiles across 11 seasons. Each card brings their festival years together.

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Mame Khan

Folk singer

At ILF 2022

Pooja Gaitonde

Singer

At ILF 2017 2022

Surendra M Pathak

Crime novelist

At ILF 2022

Vandana Rag

Fiction writer

At ILF 2022

Aditi Maheshwari Goyal

Publisher

At ILF 2021

Anant Vijay

Journalist & author

At ILF 2021

Hetal Sonpal

Author & entrepreneur

At ILF 2021

Himashu Rai

Educator

At ILF 2021

Indira Chandrashekhar

Writer & literary editor

At ILF 2021

Kabir Bedi

Actor

At ILF 2021

Kapil Tiwari

Folk culture scholar

At ILF 2021

Mamta Kalia

Hindi author & poet

At ILF 2015 2018 2021

Manish Singh

Festival voice

At ILF 2021

Mark Tully

Journalist & author

At ILF 2021

Pankaj Rag

Poet & cultural historian

At ILF 2021

Rajnish Kumar

Banker & author

At ILF 2021

Ram Madhav

Author & public affairs commentator

At ILF 2021

Sonal Mansingh

Classical dancer & choreographer

At ILF 2021

Vaibhal Vishal

Festival voice

At ILF 2021

Vikram Sampath

Historian & biographer

At ILF 2019 2021

Amishy Tripathi

Festival voice

At ILF 2020

Anupam Kher

Actor & author

At ILF 2020

Bhawana Roy

Author

At ILF 2020

Gulabo Sapera

Kalbelia dancer

At ILF 2020

Every year. Remarkable voices.

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