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"