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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Abhi Munde
Festival voice
At ILF 2025
Aditya Pittie
Entrepreneur & author
At ILF 2025
Aman Axar
कवि और गीतकार
At ILF 2024 2025
Ambi Parmeswaran
Author & branding expert
At ILF 2025
Ankush Kumar
Festival voice
At ILF 2025
Ashutosh Agnihotri
Author & civil servant
At ILF 2025
Chacha Chatore
Food content creator
At ILF 2025
Divya Mathur
Author & literary organiser
At ILF 2025
Divya Prakash Dubey
Hindi author & storyteller
At ILF 2021 2025
Himanshu Soni
Festival voice
At ILF 2025
Manju Shrivastav
Writer & cultural organiser
At ILF 2025
Manoj Rajan Tripathi
Journalist & novelist
At ILF 2021 2024 2025
Paritosh Tripathi
Actor, comedian & host
At ILF 2025
Pradeep Bhandari
Journalist & political analyst
At ILF 2025
Prakhar Shrivastava
Journalist & author
At ILF 2025
Rahgir
Singer, songwriter & storyteller
At ILF 2025
Rahul Bhosle
Content creator
At ILF 2025
Rama Purnima Sharma
Festival voice
At ILF 2025
Ramayan Dhar Dwivedi
Hindi poet & lyricist
At ILF 2025
Ritu Sharma Nanan Pandey
Writer & cultural advocate
At ILF 2025
RJ Shubham
Festival voice
At ILF 2025
Sanjay Shephard
Writer & traveller
At ILF 2025
Shailesh Bharatwasi
Publisher & editor
At ILF 2020 2025
Shalini Modi
Writer & social worker
At ILF 2025
Sharmishtha Mukherjee
Author & classical dancer
At ILF 2025
Sonroopa Vishal
Poet & singer
At ILF 2025
Uday Mahurkar
Journalist & author
At ILF 2017 2020 2021 2025
Vasundhara
Actor & author
At ILF 2025
Vijay Manohar Tiwari
Writer & journalist
At ILF 2025
Vikas Choudhary
Festival voice
At ILF 2025
Vikas Dave
Children’s author
At ILF 2025
Vinay Sahasrabuddhe
Festival voice
At ILF 2025
Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri
Filmmaker • Author • Visionary
At ILF 2025
Ashdin Doctor
Habit coach, speaker & author
At ILF 2024
Babusha Kohli
कवि और लेखक
At ILF 2024
Buddhinath Mishra
हिन्दी और मैथिली कवि
At ILF 2024
Chandan Rai
कवि, लेखक और गीतकार
At ILF 2024
Dr. Ishinna B. Sadana
Author & parenting expert
At ILF 2024
Laxmi Narayan Tripathi
Activist, dancer & motivational speaker
At ILF 2015 2019 2024
Manoj Muntashir Shukla
Lyricist, poet & screenwriter
At ILF 2015 2016 2017 2024
Manu Vaishali
कवयित्री और गीतकार
At ILF 2023 2024
Mazid Khan
Festival voice
At ILF 2021 2024
Megha Parmar
Mountaineer & technical scuba diver
At ILF 2024
Neelima Dalmia Adhar
Author
At ILF 2017 2024
Nilotpal Mrinal
लेखक, कवि और लोक गायक
At ILF 2017 2019 2020 2021 2024
Nita Menezes
Author & financial literacy expert
At ILF 2024
Priya Malik
Poet, storyteller & actor
At ILF 2024
Sanjeev Paliwal
Hindi writer, novelist & journalist
At ILF 2021 2024
Thomas Mathew
Author & retired IAS officer
At ILF 2024
Anand Ranganathan
Scientist & author
At ILF 2021 2023
Chetan Bhagat
Novelist & columnist
At ILF 2023
Chinmayi Tripathi
Singer-songwriter & poet
At ILF 2023
Damodar Maozo
Konkani writer
At ILF 2023
Gitanjali J Angmo
Educator & social entrepreneur
At ILF 2023
Gyan Chaturvedi
Satirist & novelist
At ILF 2015 2016 2019 2023
Leeladhar Mandloi
Poet & critic
At ILF 2015 2023
Manisha Kulshreshth
Fiction writer
At ILF 2020 2023
Neeraj Arya’s Kabir Cafe
Music ensemble
At ILF 2023
Niyaz Khan
Festival voice
At ILF 2023
Prayag Shukl
Poet & art critic
At ILF 2019 2023
Preeti Shenoy
Author & illustrator
At ILF 2023
Sonam Wangchuk
Engineer & educator
At ILF 2023
Annu Kapoor
Actor & presenter
At ILF 2022
Arun Kamal
Hindi poet & critic
At ILF 2017 2022
Ashwin Sanghi
Novelist
At ILF 2018 2022
Bharavi Jani
Entrepreneur & author
At ILF 2022
Deepti Naval
Actor, director & writer
At ILF 2022
Devdutt Pattanaik
Author & mythologist
At ILF 2018 2022
Durjoy Dutta
Novelist & screenwriter
At ILF 2022
Gagan Gill
Poet & prose writer
At ILF 2019 2022
J. Sai Deepak
Lawyer & author
At ILF 2022
Leeladhar Jagudi
Hindi poet
At ILF 2015 2016 2022
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 2021Amishy 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
Hindol Sengupta
Author
At ILF 2020
Navneet Gurjar
Festival voice
At ILF 2020
Neelesh Misra
Storyteller, journalist & lyricist
At ILF 2020
Piyush Mishra
Actor, poet & musician
At ILF 2015 2016 2020
Satya Vyas
Novelist
At ILF 2020
Vinod Agarwal
Festival voice
At ILF 2020
Aparna Upadhyay
Festival voice
At ILF 2019
Arun Maheshwari
Festival voice
At ILF 2019
Ashish Bagrecha
Author & poet
At ILF 2019
Belly Kanungo
Writer & creator
At ILF 2019
Gautam Chikarmane
Writer & policy researcher
At ILF 2019
Lalit Kumar
Author & accessibility advocate
At ILF 2019
Maithali Thakur
Singer
At ILF 2019
Mayur Didolkar
Fiction writer
At ILF 2019
Savi Sharma
Novelist
At ILF 2019
Tarek Fateh
Journalist & author
At ILF 2015 2016 2019
Vijay Kumar
Festival voice
At ILF 2019
Malini Awasthi
Folk singer
At ILF 2018
Narendra Kohli
Hindi author
At ILF 2018
Ruskin Bond
Author & poet
At ILF 2018
Yatindra Mishr
Poet & music writer
At ILF 2018
Yunus Khan
Broadcaster & writer
At ILF 2018
Anshu Gupta
Social entrepreneur
At ILF 2017
Bhawana Somaaya
Film journalist & author
At ILF 2016 2017
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 2015Bekal 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 2015Vaseem Barelvi
Urdu poet
At ILF 2015