KERALA LITERATURE FESTIVAL 2017 02/02/2017 - DAY 1 TIME EZHUTHOLA 4:30 5:30 Inauguration Welcome Speech Ravi Deecee, Chief Facilitator, Kerala Literature Festival Introduction K Satchidanandan Presidential Address A Pradeep Kumar MLA Inauguration M T Vasudevan Nair Keynote Address Sadhguru Speech Dr. V Venu (IAS) - Principal Secretary - Department of Tourism , Government of Kerala Mrs. Rani George IAS - Secretary - Department of Culture, Government of Kerala N Prasanth IAS - District Collector, Kozhikode Promoth Mangat - CEO, UAE Exchange V G Mathew - MD & CEO, South Indian Bank Presence Sudhir Kakar Ari Sitas Qaisra Shahraz Evald Flisar Vote of Thanks A K Abdul Hakkim, General Convenor, Kerala Literature Festival TIME EZHUTHOLA AKSHARAM THOOLIKATIME VELLITHIRA 5:30 6:30 Musical Concert - Sounds of Isha Olavum Theeravum' Sashi Kumar in conversation with Screenplay - M T Sadhguru Vasudevan Nair Direction 6:00 7:00 6:00 8:00 : P N Menon Inner Engineering: A Yogi's Guide to Joy' - Manju Warrier in 7:00 7:30 conversation with Sadhguru Fireside Chat - 'Protest,Life' - K My Writing, My Thoughts' - Ramachandran in conversation with Sangeetha Nair in conversation with 7:30 8:30 Harsh Mander Preeti Shenoy Harigovindgeetham - Presented by 8:30 9:30 Njeralath Harigovind & team STUDENT KLF 2017 TIME EZHUTHOLA AKSHARAM THOOLIKA 9:00 9:30 Inaugural Ceremony Theatre in Campuses' - A Youth and Rational Thought' - Jeevan Shanythakumar Satheesh, Girish P C, Job Thomas in conversation with C Vijesh K V Moderator - Bineesh Ravichandran 10:00 11:30 Puthuppanam Literary Quiz Programme for 10:00 3:30 Students P T Mohammed Sadique in 11:30 1:00 conversation with Benyamin Session with Students - Mamukkoya Literature and the Locale' - Subhash Chandran in conversation withU K Kumaran Moderator - K M Shabitha 03/02/2017 - DAY 2 TIME EZHUTHOLA AKSHARAM THOOLIKATIME VELLITHIRA Kaliyachan - Based on a Writing Historical Fiction' - Dr. C S My Politics' - M A Baby in The World of the Diasporic Writer' - poem by P Kunjiraman Biju in conversation with Sudhir conversation with T Padmanabhan, M Mukundan, Benyamin,Nirmala Nair Direction: Farook Kakar Moderator - A K Abdul Hakkim Thomas, Sonia Rafique, Shemi Abdul Rehman 9:30 11:00 Moderator - V Mussafir Ahmed 10:00 11:45 World Literature -My Writings My Mayalam: Where does it stand?' - K Cyber world and the Literary World' - Moinkutty Vaidyar Thoughts' - Dr P K Jayaraj in Jayakumar, K P Ramanunni, K C Dr. B Ekbal , Mahesh Mangalat, M Documentary Direction : conversation with Ari Sitas (South Narayanan, V Madhusudhan Nair Nandakumar Moderator - Damodar Farook Abdul Rehman 11:00 12:30 Africa) Moderator - P Somanathan Prasad 12:00 12:40 World Literature: My Writings My Malayalam: Classical, Journalistic and Languages within Language' - S K Pottecattu Thoughts' - Anita Nair in Machine Language' - N P Rajendran, Naduvattom Gopalakrishnan, Documentary Direction: conversation with Evald Flisar P K Parakkadavu, T V Sunitha Kalpetta Narayanan, Mamukkoya, S K R Mohanan (Slovenia) Moderator - Ummer Tharamel Joseph Moderator - C J George 12:30 2:00 1:15 2:00 In Return Just a Book Documentary on 'Oru Women in the Law Courts' - Ajitha, Writing - Translation - Publication' - Sankeerthanam Pole' Society and Music' - Bijipal, Shibu Bhagyalakshmi, Adv Anila George, P E Urvashi Butalia, Mini Krishnan, Written by : Mohammed, Rashmi Satheesh Usha, Adv. M S Saji Moderator- Deedi Lakshmi Rajeev, Shatrugnan, Ravi Perumbadavam Moderator - Manoj Kuroor Damodaran Deecee Moderator - K T Dineshan Sreedharan Script : Zachariah Director : Shiny 2:00 3:30 2:15 3:15 Jacob The Short Story Today' - From the The Future of the Left' - Prabhath Uranjadunna Deshangal - Higuita to Honey' - Zacharia, N S Radio Play to the TV Serial' - U A Patnaik, Prof C Ravindranath, M M The Literary Life of U A Madhavan Moderator - K Khader, Satish Babu Payyanoor, Somashekaran, T V Madhu Moderator Khader Direction: N E Satchidanandan Srikantan Karikakam Moderator - K - M V Narayanan Harikumar 3:30 5:00 Sharath Chandran 4:00 5:00 Woman at Home, on the Street and Nirakar Chaya - Bengali Human Rights and the Freedom of The Living Ambedkar' - Gopal Guru, K in Theatre' - Sister Jesmi, film based on Expression' - Anand, Zacharia, B R P K Kochu, Sunny Kappikadu, Sanal Ramachandran Mokeri, C S 'Pandavapuram' by Sethu Bhaskar, Shashi Kumar, Unni R Mohan Moderator - Ajay Shekhar Chandrika, Sajitha Madathil, Sreeja K Direction: Aashish Moderator - K Satchidanandan 5:00 6:30 V Moderator - M G Sasi 6:00 8:00 Avikundak The Philosophy of Sree Narayana Fireside Chat : My Writings, my Dalits and Social Revolution' - K K Guru: Precept and Practice' - Thoughts' - V R Sudheesh in Baburaj, Rekha Raj,M R Renukumar, Perumbadavom Sereedharan, Sunil conversation with M T Vasudevan M B Manoj Moderator - Santosh P Elayidom, J Reghu, Dilip Raj Nair, Manicheri Moderator - Sajeev P V 6:30 7:30 Gothrakalothsavam: My Writings, my Thoughts' - Janaki Fireside Chat : Partition' - Urvashi 'Malapulayanritham' Presented by Sreedharan in conversation with Butalia, Anand 7:30 8:30 KIRTADS Adikala Kendram Anita Nair 8:30 9:30 Mehfil: Bhanuprakash and Nihari 04/02/2017 - DAY 3 TIME EZHUTHOLA AKSHARAM THOOLIKATIME VELLITHIRA Talking Cinema' - C S Mahaswetha Devi Venkiteshwaran in conversation Documentary Film with Adoor Gopalakrishnan Direction: Joshi Joseph 9:30 10:30 10:00 11:00 'Short Fiction: The New Phase' - V J The Future of Democracy' - Shashi James, Santhosh Echikanam, S Ithihaasathe Khasak - Tharoor, K Venu, B R P Bhaskar, K T Sithara, S Harish, Pramod Raman, Documentary Film Kunjikannan Moderator - A P Kunjamu Indu Menon, Lazar Shine Moderator - Direction: Jyothi Prakash 9:30 11:00 M C Abdul Nasar 11:30 12:30 Face to Face: M Mukundan in Ozhivudivasathe Kali - conversation with Pinarayi Vijayan ( Story: Unni R Direction: Chief Minister of Kerala ) Sanalkumar Shashidharan 10:30 11:30 2:00 3:30 Kadhayilninnum Islam and the Islamic State' - Hameed Body, Nature, Desire : In Womens' Cinemayilekku- A Chenthaamangaloor, N P Chekutty, Dr Poetry' - V M Girija, E Sandhya, Vijila program for children and Ashraf Kadakkal, Mujib Rehman Chirappad, Gargi Harithakam, students of Film Kinalur, Moderator - V Abdul Lathif Moderator - Soman Kadaloor 11:00 12:30 4:00 5:00 Presented by: Neelan Kanyaka Talkies - Story India at 70' - Ramachandra Guha By: P V Shajikumar 11:30 12:30 6:00 7:00 Direction: K R Manoj Science and Religion' - C Defining Nationalism' - Kanam Graphic Novels' - N S Madhavan, E P Radhakrishnan, Dr. B Ekbal, M P Rajendran, Dr. Rajan Gurukkal, C R Unni, Ramu Aravindan, Gokul Abudsamad Samadani, P N Das, Neelakantan, Civic Chandran, K E N Gopalakrishnan Moderator - Maitreyen, Bobby Thomas Kunjahmed Moderator - A K Abdul Sudheesh Kottambram 12:30 2:00 Moderator - Jeevan Job Thomas Hakkim Uniform Civil Code: Inside and The Dalit Discourse: New Directions Travel and Literature' - Zacharia, M K Outside' - P S Sreedharan Pillai, ' - Gopal Guru, Sharankumar Ramachandran, V Mussafir Ahmed, Hameed Chenthamangaloor, Adv. Limbale, Dr. P K Chandran Sangeetha Sreenivasan Moderator- Sebastian Paul, Dr M K Muneer Moderator - Sanal Mohan Mangad Ratnakaran 2:00 3:30 Moderator - T K Ummer The Unwritten Stories' - B M Suhara, An Era of Darkness & Swimmer Museum - Gallery - Archive' - Dr V N P Hafiz Mohammed, B Murali, G R Among the Stars' - Meena T Pillai Venu IAS, C R Rajagopal, Bara Indugopan, Arshad Batheri, P V in conversation with Shashi Bhaskaran, Kavitha Balakrishnan Shajikumar Moderator - R V M Tharoor & Kanishk Tharoor, Moderator - C S Venkiteshwaran 3:30 5:00 Divakaran The Novel and History' - M Childrens' Literature' - Anita Nair, Campuses in Revolt: No Kid's Play' - Mukundan, Sethu, George Onakkoor, Palliyara Sreedharan, Sippy B Arundhati,Dinu K & O P Ravindran N Prabhakaran, T D Ramakrishnan, Pallipuram, Rubin D'Cruz, K in conversation with Kanhaiya Khadija Mumtaz Moderator - Manoj Sreekumar Moderator - N P Hafiz Kumar 5:00 6:30 Kuroor Mohammed Sexual Morality in Cyberspace' - The Media and the Law Courts' - Adv. Reading Europe' - Alexandra Buchler, Parvathy, C S Chandrika, K R Indira, Sebastian Paul, John Britas, Kamal Nia Davies, David Lopez Del Amo, V K Adarsh, Sangeetha Sreenivasan Varathur, Adv. Harish Vasudevan Maria Reimondez, Bruno Viera Moderator - N P Sajeesh Moderator - Venu Balakrishnan Amaral, Vinutha Mallya 6:30 7:30 My Writings, my Thoughts' - K Fireside Chat - Ambai / Leena Science and Rational Thought' - Satchidanandan in conversation Manimekalai Moderator - Shahina K Maitreyan, Sam Santhosh 7:30 8:30 with Anamika Rafique Moderator - Jeevan Job Thomas Evening With Shehnai - Performance by Nasir Abbas Khan ( Grandson of Ustad Bismillah Khan) 8:30 9:30 05/02/2017 - DAY 4 TIME EZHUTHOLA AKSHARAM THOOLIKATIME VELLITHIRA Imagining the Nation in Literature' - World Literature: My Writings My U A Khader, U K Kumaran, C V My Writings, my Thoughts' - N E Garaas (Hindi) Story: Thoughts' - Dr Bindu Amat in Balakrishnan, Subhash Chandran, Sudheer in conversation with Manu S Devadas Direction: Sanju conversation with Runo Isaaksen Veeran Kutty, Vinoy Thomas Pillai, Surendran (Norway) Moderator - K V Sajay 9:30 11:00 10:00 11:00 Environment an Fictional Periodicals and Literary Taste' - World Literature: My Writings My Imagination' - Sara Joseph, M M Mother - Based on Jose Panachipuram, C P Abubacker, Thoughts' - Shahina K Rafique in Basheer, Asha Menon, Vaisakhan, Maxim Gorky's Novel P K Parakkadavu, N E Sudhir conversation with Qaisra Shahraz ( Ambikasuthan Mangad Moderator - G Direction: Dovzhenkov