Pocket Guide to the Jaipur Literature Festival India Ink asked writers, publishers and fans of the five-day long DSC Jaipur Literature Festival what their "don't miss" events would be. Chiki Sarkar, publisher of Penguin Books India Friday, Jan. 20 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. at the Tata steel front lawns, "From Ink Lake": Michael Ondaatje in conversation with Amitava Kumar. The New York Times wrote on Oct. 14, 2011, in the Sunday book review about Mr. Ondaatje's recent novel, "The Cat's Table," saying reading it is "like being guided, just as surely and just as magically, through the author's lustrous visions. As he did in his great 1992 novel, "The English Patient," which won the Man Booker Prize and became an Academy Award-winning film, Ondaatje conjures images that pull strangers into the vivid rooms of his imagination, their detail illumined by his words." 12:30-1:30 p.m. at the Bank of America Mughal tent, "The Disappointment of Obama": David Remnick in conversation with Samanth Subramanian. Mr. Remnick, the editor of The New Yorker, recently reviewed "The Obamas" by Jodi Kantor. 3:45-4:45 p.m. at the Tata Steel front lawns, "Stage by Stage": David Hare and Girish Karnad in conversation. 6:30-7:30 p.m. at the Bank of America Mughal tent, "Imagining India, Interpreting it": Tarun Tejpal in conversation with Sunil Khilnani. Saturday, Jan. 21 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. at the Bank of America Mughal tent, "Tiger Mothers": Amy Chua in conversation with Madhu Trehan. The New York Times wrote about Ms. Chua's most recent book, "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother," saying that it is, "a diabolically well-packaged, highly readable screed ostensibly about the art of obsessive parenting." 12:30-1:30 p.m. at the Tata Steel front lawns, "The Better Angels of Our Nature: A Decline of Violence in History," Steven Pinker introduced by Barkha Dutt. 2:30-3:30 p.m. at the Rio Tinto Samvad, "Mothers and Children": Amy Chua in conversation with Puneeta Roy. Sunday, Jan. 22 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. at the RPG Goenka Baithak, "The Question of Jerusalem" with Simon Sebag Montefiore and Sari Nusseibeh, and moderated by Jonathan Shainin. 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. at the Tata Steel front lawns, ""O": Oprah in Jaipur," Oprah Winfrey in conversation with Barkha Dutt. 5:15-6:15 p.m. at the Tata Steel front lawns, "The Art of the Playwright": Tom Stoppard and David Hare in conversation with Neelam Mansingh. David Davidar, Co-founder Aleph Book Company Saturday, Jan. 21 12:30-1:30 p.m. at the Bank of America Mughal tent, "Reckonings": Philip Gourevitch introduced by Akash Kapur. Mr.Gourevitch recently wrote in The New Yorker about the "Arab Winter." Antara Dev Sen, founder and editor, Little Magazine The Sunday evening session with Tom Stoppard and David Hare. Says Ms. Sen: The great thing about JLF is that one gets to meet and learn about a lot of new writers, especially those who write in languages other than English. I was really looking forward to listening to Salman Rushdie. Such a shame that he's had to reschedule but I am looking forward to Oprah and Ondaatje's sessions. Tuesday, Jan. 24 10 a.m.-11 a.m. at the Tata Steel front lawns, "Midnight's Child," originally scheduled with Salman Rushdie, subject to change as the author's attendance at the festival remains unconfirmed. Gurcharan Das, writer and former CEO of Procter & Gamble Not looking forward to: "the pressure of having to perform in two sessions on the opening and second days of the festival. Recommends: Michael Ondaatje, Tom Stoppard, David Hare, Philip Gourevitch and David Remnick. Saturday, Jan. 21 2:30-3:30pm at the Tata Steel front lawns, "The Famished Road:" Ben Okri in conversation with Chandrahas Chaudhury. Sunday, Jan. 22 3:45-4:45 p.m. at the Tata Steel front lawns, "Journalism as Literature:" Philip Gourevitch, David Remnick, Joseph Lelyveld, Katherine Boo, Jason Burke. Moderated by Samanth Subramanian. Namita Devidayal, journalist, The Times of India Sunday, Jan. 22 10-11 a.m. at the Tata Steel front lawns, "Kabir and Dadu Dayal": Suman Yadav, Purushottam Agarwal, Shabnam Virmani, Monika Boehm- Tettlebach and Arvind K. Mehrotra in conversation. Anant Nath director, Delhi Press Group Saturday, Jan. 21 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. at the Tata Steel front lawns, "Gandhi, Ambedkar and the Crossroads at Jantar Mantar:" Joseph Lelyveld, M.J. Akbar, Sunil Khilnani, Aruna Roy and S. Anand, moderated by Urvashi Butalia. 6:30-7:30 p.m. at the IDFC Durbar Hall, "Lucknow Boy": Vinod Mehta in conversation with Tarun Tejpal. Manu Joseph, editor of Open Magazine and regular contributor to the International Herald Tribune I am not visiting Jaipur this year, though I am very tempted. Lot of work. Maybe for the best. He recently compared the Jaipur Literature Festival to soul of Harry Potter villain Lord Voldemort.