2 feet from Aamir … and other Literary Stories

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So you don't exactly expect to see Aamir Khan at a literature festival - that too, in Jaipur. Sure, he was scheduled to "hold a session" with Tehelka Features Editor Shoma Chaudhury, but before that session? And after that session? After giving the media the slip, I might add ... sitting quietly in the audience, listening to other people speak? Making a quiet entry - this is my 2 feet moment - followed by his bouncer/security detail, to listen to the Oscar-winning Christopher Hampton, or the three lovely Pakistani authors Moni Mohsin, Shahbano Bilgrami and Kamila Shamsie ... and there he was sitting in the audience, listening as they spoke. Which really shows you the beauty of the entire Jaipur Literature Festival, in a nutshell. A nutshell, I say, because it was spread over 5 days, so for people who were actually working there - media, organisers, etc....