India, Feb. 28 -- It is a truth, now universally acknowledged, that not a single reader in possession of caste and class privilege in India must ever be in want of a literary festival to attend. The Indian literati recently went up in arms against an international publication for suggesting that this country doesn't have enough readers to justify the number of literary festivals held here annually. The now-altered article (they changed the clickbaity headline) came across as a condescending judgement passed by the self-proclaimed literary (read colonial) centre of the world, London. It also revealed a limited understanding of the readership in a country as diverse as ours. The point of this piece is not to add to the debate but to provide...