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Chicago Indian Literature Festival 2026
Our Speakers 2026
Meet the authors, artists, thinkers, and storytellers who will take the stage at Chicago Indian Literature Festival — May 30, 2026.
Authors Panel
11:00 AM – 11:45 AM
Mrinal Gokhale
Prasanta Verma
Mansi Shah
Sonali Dev
Nina Sudhakar
Susan Patel
Rooted & Reaching: Motherhood, Daughterhood & the Self We Carry
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Shivani GuptaHost
Reema Rao
Jyoti Chand
Rebekah James Lovett
Shailla Chand
Sharanjit Bilan
Godhuli Gupta
Literature and Sentiments
1:30 PM – 2:00 PM
Ahmed Athar
Nishant Pandey
Authors Panel
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Kunal Sen
Srikanth Reddy
Rakesh Malhotra
Authors Panel
3:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Romit Bhatia
Rajendra Parande
Ani Chaudhuri
Spoken Word: The Word Stands Up Unfiltered Spoken Word Showcase
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Jitesh JaggiHost
Shweta SinghCo-host
Tara Swaminathan
Shashank
Shivani Gupta
Poonam Rahman
Binish Lalani
Hilesh Patel
Darshita Jain
Shivani Kumar
Asha Sudra
Alka Sharma
Madhuri Bandla
Geshu Sugandh
Archana Bhatia
Tisha Dey
Nisha Haider
Seema Mehrotra
Lavita Saikia
Mehul Sharma