Actor-writer Girish Karnad addresses during the 7th edition of 'Bangalore Literature Festival' (BLF), in Bengaluru

Christopher Burrow, director of operations at the American Writers Museum, poses for a portrait near the Writer's Room at the new museum in Chicago.

The entrance to the Writer' Room, where Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" manuscript, the extraordinary 120-foot scroll, sits on display at the American Writers Museum in Chicago.

The "Book Cloud" hangs above the entrance to the American Writers Museum in Chicago.

The interior of the Children's Room at the American Writers Museum in Chicago.

Reversible panels highlighting the lives of Chicago based writers, poets, playwrights, critics and columnists hang in the new American Writers Museum in Chicago.

A visitor to the American Writers Museum works a horizontal, touch screen version of the popular word magnet game at the new museum in Chicago.

Visitors at the American Writers Museum examine a long display that celebrates authors who are emblematic of "Many Writers, Many Forms", ranging from poets, advertising jingles, so...

Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" and its working manuscript, the extraordinary 120-foot scroll he would unfurl before startled publishers, sits on display at the American Writers Museu...

Visitors at the American Writers Museum look at a timeline display that celebrates authors who are emblematic of "American Voices", at the new museum in Chicago.

The "Word Waterfall" cycles through one of several displays of literary history with quotes from authors at the American Writers Museum in Chicago.

John Keay, a British historian, journalist, radio presenter and lecturer specialising in popular histories of India at the Jaipur Literature Festival 2017, in Jaipur.

Alan Hollinghurst, an English novelist, poet, short story writer and translator at the Jaipur Literature Festival 2017, in Jaipur.

James Barr, Christopher Sykes, Tarun Khanna and Robert F. Worth in conversation with Vedica Kant at Baithak, in Jaipur Literature Festival.

People taking photos at Diggi Palace during the Jaipur Literature Festival, in Jaipur.

Youngsters at Diggi Palace during the Jaipur Literature Festival, in Jaipur.

The scene at Diggi Palace during the Jaipur Literature Festival 2017.

Visitors during the Jaipur Literature Festival at Diggi Palace, in Jaipur.

Visitors at the Jaipur Literature Festival at Diggi Palace, in Jaipur.

Congress senior Leader P Chidambaram (R) and Former Tata Consultancy Services chairman S Ramadorai at the TATA Literature Live at NCPA, in South Mumbai.