Words on Water: India and Chicago "in conversation"

Literature sessions will be held for a full day on Saturday, July 9 at the Art Institute of Chicago in Fullerton Hall.  Three separate one-hour sessions will commence at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., featuring moderated discussions with panelists including: Tarun Tejpal, author of “The Alchemy of Desire,” managing editor of Outlook and declared by BusinessWeek among 50 leaders at the forefront of change in Asia; writer and political commentator Nayantara Sahgal, whose award-winning work includes “Rich Like Us;” journalist and historian, Shrabani Basu, who currently writes for The Telegraph as well as other publications; and Hari Kunzru, a New York City resident whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, New York Times, Guardian, and Times of India among others. All three sessions are free with museum admission.