We’re delighted to share some photos of the festival.
Photo credits: Preston Merchant
Fawzia Mirza performing "Me, My Mom, and Sharmila"
Manil Suri's Friday GOH speech
Manil Suri's Friday GOH speech
Swati Khurana's "Texting Scrolls"
Prateek Srivastava's comedy performance
Fawzia Mirza on panel
Prateek Srivastava on panel
Rajdeep Paulus on panel with Diana Pho, Anjali Mitter Duva, and festival director Mary Anne Mohanraj
Kids at Mary Anne's house
Festival director Mary Anne Mohanraj with son Anand
Kavita Das, assistant festival director Neha Kumar, and volunteer Sonal Shukla at Thursday night panelist dinner
Festival volunteers Roshani Anandappa and Samanthi Hewakapuge, with panelists Shikha Malaviya, Neha Misra, and Arvind Venugopal at Thursday night panelist dinner
Festival director Mary Anne Mohanraj at Thursday night panelist dinner
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Thursday night panelist dinner
View of the Chicago Skyline
Deep Unnikrishnan at festival reception
Ankur Thakkar at festival reception
Phiroozeh Romer at festival reception
Shakuntala Rajagopal at festival reception
Rajdeep Paulus at festival reception
Neha Misra at festival reception
Festival reception
Arvind Venugopal at festival reception
Vidhu Aggarwal and Bishakh Som at festival reception
Liz Thomson and festival director Mary Anne Mohanraj at festival reception
Fatimah Asghar at festival reception
Festival director Mary Anne Mohanraj at festival reception
Festival reception
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Deep Unnikrishnan
Festival director Mary Anne Mohanraj
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Dipika Mukherjee
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Editor GOH Anjali Singh
Sutikshna Veeravali's classical dance performance
Malini D. Sur's singing performance
Manil Suri's Saturday GOH speech
GOH Manil Suri, festival director Mary Anne Mohanraj, and Fawzia Mirza on panel
Fawzia Mirza on panel
Fawzia Mirza and Neha Misra
Fawzia Mirza performing "Me, My Mom, and Sharmila"