DW BUREAU / Jaipur The second day of the 16th edition of the Jaipur Literature Festival opened at Hotel Clarks Amer, Jaipur with a powerful Carnatic music performance by Aditya Prakash accompanied by the violin and the mridanga. Some of the concluding sessions from the first day of the Festival featured one of India's leading pop icons and playback singers, Usha Uthup in conversation with the translator of her biography, Srishti Jha, along with journalist Sathya Saran. While sharing her journey of how she became one of India's leading pop icons, Uthup said, "...actually I was thrown out of class, my music teacher Ms Davidson said that she couldn't fit me in anywhere in the choir but they all knew I had little music in me?so I said okay and I stood on the side, of course, my lips did twitch a little bit?actually, I realised very early in my life that it was not music that was my business but communication and how better could I communicate with everybody while I am on the stage." International Booker Prize winner Geetanjali Shree, translator Daisy Rockwell were in conversation with Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar recipient Tanuj Solank. While talking about Geetanjali Shree's novel, Maai, which was published about 30 years back, the trio also discussed how a daughter's point of view differs from that of others and how the book breaks all stereotypes. One of the cruel ironies of the climate crisis lies in the paradox of how those who have done the least to bring it about are the greatest victims and sufferers. An expert panel consisting of the Managing Director, Teamwork Arts and Festival Producer, Sanjoy K. Roy; recipient of the prestigious Eleanor Roosevelt Prize for Human Rights, Lakshmi Puri; the UN Resident Coordinator for India, Shombi Sharp, Padma Bhushan Shyam Saran; writer Tshering Tashi; and the Ambassador of the European Union, Ugo Astuto, critically examined the way forward post-COP27. (editor@dailyworld.in)