Dehradun, April 5 -- (In lieu of the weekly book review, I am sharing with my readers the key points of my Keynote address at the Max City VoW Litfest at the National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, last Saturday, the 29th of March.)

At this MaxCity -VoW Litfest, let me dwell on the theme 'One World, Many Words', and as well on Max City and VoW! The key word of course is the 'word' - for nothing can exist without it. And then we shall try to understand its relation to the world, the host city and VoW - the organisation which has extended its curatorial support to this festival. So, from the Valley of Words, it is now Words on Waves, for the Maritime History Society of India is a partner in this endeavour.

As this is the Easter Week, let ...