We are delighted to share some photos from the festival with everyone!
Photo credits: Liz Thomson, Mary Anne Mohanraj
Jaya Hariprasad and her daughter enjoying the festival
Manil Suri signing books after one of his speeches
(left to right) Roshani Anandappa and Toni Nealie at the registration desk
Ellen Turner from Himal Magazine at Manil Suri's speech
Manil Suri giving his Guest of Honor Speech
Dipika Mukherjee at Manil Suri's speech
Syed Afzal Haider at Manil Suri's speech
Sital Shah, coordinator of DesiLit Chicago Book Club, at Manil Suri's speech
Samina Hadi-Tabassum at Manil Suri's speech
Ashini Desai at Manil Suri's speech
Seema Khurana at Manil Suri's speech
(left to right) Kavita Das and Om Arora at Manil Suri's speech
Liz Thomson at the opening night reception
(left to right) Neha Kumar, assistant director, and Mary Anne Mohanraj, festival director, at the opening night reception
(left to right) Mary Anne Mohanraj, festival director, Anna Guevarra, professor of Asian American studies, and Gayatri Reddy, professor of Asian studies, at the opening night reception
Shikha Malaviya the opening night reception
Ankur Thakkar at the opening night reception
Rajdeep Paulus reading from "Swimming Through Clouds" at the opening night reception
Arvind Venugopal singing at the opening night reception
(left to right) Mary Anne Mohanraj, festival director, and Ami Gandhi, executive director of SAAPRI, at the opening night reception
Sonali Dev reading from "A Bollywood Affair" at the opening night reception
Fatimah Asghar reading at the opening night reception
Mary Anne Mohanraj, festival director, reading from "The Stars Change" at the opening night reception
Mary Anne Mohanraj, festival director, at the opening night reception
Students who stopped by for the opening night reception
Shakuntala Rajagopal at the opening night reception
(left to right) Preston Merchant, Mary Anne Mohanraj, festival director, Rajdeep Paulus at the opening night reception