<b><span style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; ">Overheard</span></b><div><img src="/imagedata/2012/jan/Psychologist.jpg" border="5" align="" alt="" /></div><div><i><span style="font-size: 8pt; color: red; ">Psychologist and author Steven Pinker in conversation with journalistu00a0</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-size: 8pt; color: red; ">Barkha Dutt on the subject, 'Decline of violence in history'</span></i></div><div><br /></div><div><div><div><b><span style="color: red; ">Woman 1:</span></b> "What is the talk about?"</div><div><b><span style="color: red; ">Woman 2:</span></b> "Decline of History in Violence by Stephen Kingu00a0Woman 1 to companion: "It's about the decline of history"</div><div><b><span style="color: red; ">True story:</span></b> Psychologist and author Steven Pinker on A Decline of Violence in History</div><div><b><span style="color: red; ">At: </span></b>12.40 pm</div><div><b><span style="color: red; ">Location:</span></b> Front Lawns, Diggi Palace</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div><b><span style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; ">The Jaipur Literaryu00a0</span><span style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; ">Festival in numbers</span></b></div></div><div><b><span style="color: red; ">5:</span></b> Years of the festivalu00a0</div><div><b><span style="color: red; ">5:</span></b>u00a0u00a0Duration of festival in days</div><div><div><b><span style="color: red; ">60,000:</span></b> The number of people, who attended the festival last year</div><div><b><span style="color: red; ">258:</span></b> Writers expected</div><div><b><span style="color: red; ">136:</span></b> Number of eventsu00a0</div><div><b><span style="color: red; ">10 am:</span></b> First session begins</div><div><b><span style="color: red; ">7.30 pm:</span></b> Last session endsu00a0</div><div><b><span style="color: red; ">60:</span></b> Duration of each session in minutes</div><div><b><span style="color: red; ">550: </span></b>Press delegates</div><div><b><span style="color: red; ">5:</span></b> Venues</div><div><b><span style="color: red; ">30,000:u00a0</span></b>Area of Diggi Palace in square feet</div><div><b><span style="color: red; ">70:</span></b> Rooms</div></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; ">3 Life Lessons</span></b></div><div><div><img src="/imagedata/2012/jan/Amy-Chua.jpg" border="5" align="" alt="" /><br /></div><i><span style="color: red; font-size: 8pt; ">Amy Chua (left), author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, inu00a0</span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red; font-size: 8pt; ">conversation with Puneeta Roy over the subject, 'Mothers and children'</span></i></div><div><b><span style="color: red; "><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red; ">Courtesy Amy Chua, author of parenting memoir, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother</span></b></div><div><div>"Everything valuable and worth doing is difficult."u00a0</div><div>"I've always tried to convert being an outsider into a strength."</div><div>"I don't think you can be successful unless you truly love it (what you do)."</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="color: red; ">When:</span></b> 2.30 pm at Samvad</div></div></div>

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