ELEVEN SEASONS. MANY RETURNING VOICES.

Speaker archives

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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Chitra Mudgal

Hindi novelist

At ILF 2017

Rajiv Dogra

Diplomat & author

At ILF 2017

Rupali Jagga

Singer

At ILF 2017

Taslima Nasreen

Writer

At ILF 2017

Virag Mishra

Lyricist & filmmaker

At ILF 2017

Abid Surti

Writer, artist & cartoonist

At ILF 2015 2016

Amish Tripathi

Author

At ILF 2016

Gopaldas Neeraj

Hindi poet & lyricist

At ILF 2016

Kumar Vishwas

Hindi poet & speaker

At ILF 2016

Mahua Maji

Novelist

At ILF 2015 2016

Neha Sharad

Actor & poet

At ILF 2016

Aalok Shrivastav

Poet & lyricist

At ILF 2015

Ambreen Haseen

Festival voice

At ILF 2015

Bekal Utsahi

Poet

At ILF 2015

Javed Akhtar

Poet, lyricist & screenwriter

At ILF 2015

Kamal Purthi

Festival voice

At ILF 2015

Mubeen Mirza

Writer & editor

At ILF 2015

Naresh Saxena

Hindi poet

At ILF 2015

Padmini Sharma

Festival voice

At ILF 2015

Shabana Azmi

Actor & theatre artist

At ILF 2015

Vaseem Barelvi

Urdu poet

At ILF 2015

Every year. Remarkable voices.

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