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