What I learnt At The Singapore Writers Festival

Words matter, but actions matter more

Ranjani Rao
Nov 4 · 3 min read
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I heard two famous writer’s speak at the Singapore Writer’s Festival this weekend, Pico Iyer and Marlon James. The theme of the festival— A language of one’s own, is an interesting one. As expected, these two famous writers, experts in vastly different genres had different takes.

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