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Jaipur Literature Festival 2021: In this year's Travel Session, an examination of what writing in the domain might accomplish
FirstpostAmong the few recurring sessions at the Jaipur Literature Festival is The Travel Session. British journalist and travel writer Monisha Rajesh sat in the driver’s seat, and joining her were not six-seven authors, but only three — Jeremy Seal, Taran N Khan and Samira Shackle. While the session never touched upon one of the suggested topics from its description – discussing “the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on travel writing”, it did cover some ground regarding the role of travel writing in a technologically advanced world and what makes for a compelling travel read. In the age of the internet, social media and Google Maps, Seal suggested that it’s the quality of travel writing that cannot be reproduced by the tsunami of easily available information, which is produced with little thought put into it.
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