Catch Shashi Tharoor, Shobhaa De, Jerry Pinto, And Other Literary Personalities At Mumbai LitFest This November

Mumbai’s only international literary festival, Literature Live! The Mumbai LitFest has created a democratic, cross-cultural space for incredible changemakers to come under the city’s bright, blue sky every winter over the years. This year, too, the festival returns for its 16th edition to its home at the NCPA in Nariman Point from 7th to 9th November 2025. Presented by the Godrej Industries Group, this edition promises a diverse selection of over 100 writers, speakers, thinkers, performers, and the literati at large, from across borders, to bask in a multitude of voices and stories cutting across genders, communities, and languages.

The three-day festival boasts a line-up of some of the brightest minds across fiction, poetry, health, history, business, science, philosophy, and justice, while capturing the essence of Mumbai. Leading this confluence of voices are celebrated names like D Y Chandrachud(former Chief Justice of India), as well as award-winning author and politician Shashi Tharoor, known for his sharp, playful intellect. Media personalities like Faye D’Souza(journalist and news anchor), renowned author and columnist Shobhaa De, alongside Paromita Vohra, an award-winning filmmaker, author, and columnist, will also be present. From the world of entertainment, the line-up features well-known actors like Lillete Dubey, Soha Ali Khan, and Jim Sarbh.

Meanwhile, catch Jerry Pinto(Em and the Big Hoom), winner of the Sahitya Akademi and Windham-Campbell Prizes, Shubhangi Swarup(Latitudes of Longing), author and lifestyle guru Luke Coutinho, as well as poet, novelist and former journalist Jeet Thayiltalk about their latest works. The festival will also host Malaysian-Australian author, poet, rapper and visual artist Omar Musa(Here Come The Dogs), Yang Shuang-zi (a Taiwanese novelist and pop literature researcher), Shehan Karunatilaka (Winner of the 2022 Booker Prize), Nobel Prize-winning structural biologist and UK-based author Venki Ramakrishnan, author and co-founder of Wikipedia Jimmy Wales, alongside Sam Dalrymple(historian, columnist, writer, and Co-founder of Project Dastaan, which is reconnecting 1947 partition survivors with their ancestral homes through VR).