He has, in his co-founding of the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF), altered the cultural face of India. The modest beginning JLF made in 2006 has today blossomed into the world’s largest free literary festival, drawing people from across the globe and featuring some of the world’s greatest authors. With a vision of a platform inclusive of literature, art, and culture, Dalrymple democratized the literary discourse by giving access to literature. Annual international lineups in Jaipur, curated by him, help form a global literary community. No controversy like the Salman Rushdie affair in 2012 deterred him from making JLF the beacon of cultural exchange and free speech. Besides the festival, his prize-winning writings on Indian history enrich the literature he founded and for which he was awarded the President’s Medal by the British Academy. Dalrymple’s work has not only beautified Jaipur as a place of literature but has also contributed to the flourishing of literary festivals all over South Asia, and such a forum will be etched in the pages of books and ideas forever.