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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
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
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Jitesh JaggiHost
Shweta SinghCo-host
Tara Swaminathan
Shashank
Shivani Gupta
Poonam Rahman
Binish Lalani
Hilesh Patel