Woman 1: What is the talk about? Woman 2: Decline of History in Violence by Stephen King Woman 1 to companion: It's about the decline of history
OverheardPsychologist and author Steven Pinker in conversation with journalistu00a0
Barkha Dutt on the subject, 'Decline of violence in history'
Woman 1: "What is the talk about?"
Woman 2: "Decline of History in Violence by Stephen Kingu00a0Woman 1 to companion: "It's about the decline of history"
True story: Psychologist and author Steven Pinker on A Decline of Violence in History
At: 12.40 pm
Location: Front Lawns, Diggi Palace
The Jaipur Literaryu00a0Festival in numbers
5: Years of the festivalu00a0
5:u00a0u00a0Duration of festival in days
60,000: The number of people, who attended the festival last year
258: Writers expected
136: Number of eventsu00a0
10 am: First session begins
7.30 pm: Last session endsu00a0
60: Duration of each session in minutes
550: Press delegates
5: Venues
30,000:u00a0Area of Diggi Palace in square feet
70: Rooms
3 Life Lessons
Amy Chua (left), author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, inu00a0 conversation with Puneeta Roy over the subject, 'Mothers and children'
Courtesy Amy Chua, author of parenting memoir, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
"Everything valuable and worth doing is difficult."u00a0
"I've always tried to convert being an outsider into a strength."
"I don't think you can be successful unless you truly love it (what you do)."
When: 2.30 pm at Samvad
