Brecon Beacons National Park

Every year, in late spring, a small Welsh town that straddles the border between England and Wales wakes up to new words, ideas, and philosophies. PREMIUM The Hay Festival, a book-focused event in the Welsh countryside. (Courtesy Hay Festival) I was a lowly subeditor whose responsibilities included producing the international page of a leading Indian newspaper when I read about the Hay Festival, which brings together readers and writers to “inspire, examine, and entertain”. For the next two years, I included a…