about

The Calicut Literary Festival is an initiative by the Institute of Languages, Kerala State, as a unique way to emphasize the meaning and delight of reading and listening to written words, all the more at a time when it is being propagated that books go down in the present day preferences of life. Organized as part of the Calicut International Book Fair from November 1 to 10, the Festival aims at providing the general public with opportunities to interact with authors of national as well as international repute. Notwithstanding the shortcomings of a beginning, we are able to present some of the best writers and poets from India and abroad.

Programme
Thursday, November 2, 2007.
3.00 pm	Inauguration of the Book Fair
Welcome	Dr. P K Pokker, Director, State Institute of Languages
Chair	M. Bhaskaran, Worshipful Mayor, Corporation of Calicut
Inauguration	M. T. Vasudevan Nair, Jnapeet Laureate
Key-note address	Prof. Sukumar Azhikode
Book Launch	The launch of the first five books being published by the State Institute of Languages in the series ‘Kerala 50: 50.’
Launch	U. A .Khadar
Receiving the first copies	P. Vatsala
Talks	M. P. Veerandrakumar, Member, Parliament A. Preadeepkumar , Member, Legislative Assembly
Vote of Thanks	P.M. Sreedharan, General Convener, Festival Committee
7.00 pm
Malayalam Music Night	V. T Murali & Group
Friday, November 2, 2007
2.00 pm	Today’s Writer/ Poet, Talk and reading
Welcome	Gulab Jan
Participants	Sudeep Sen(Indian English) , B. Jayamohan, ( Tamil), Sara Joseph ( Malayalam) , Vasyl Makhno( Ukraine ), Vaisakhan( Malayalam), Mohan Prasad( Telugu), Kelpetta Narayanan( Malayalam).
Vote of Thanks	V.T. Suresh
4.30pm	Poetry Platform-Readings
Welcome	O. P Suresh
Chair	T. P. Rajeevan
Participants	M. Yuvan (Tamil), Zofia Beszczynska ( Poland), P. P. Ramachandran (Malayalam), Usha Akella (Indian English), Subodh Sarkar( Bengali), Ezhacherry Ramachandran(Malayalam), Amma Raj Joshi( Nepal), Paul Kallanode( Malayalam), K. R. Tony (Malayalam), Hemant Devate (Marathi), P.K Gopi ( Malayalam), Manu Dash(Oriya) , Raghavan Atholi( Malayalam), Ranu Uniyal (Hindi-English), S. Joseph (Malayalam) Azam Abidov (Uzbek), Veerankutty (Malayalam), Tadeusz Dabrowski (Poland), Pavithran Theekuni (Malayalam), Murukan Katakada( Malayalam).
Vote of Thanks	P. Udayabhanu
Saturday, November 3
11.00 am	English and Pan-Indianism (Symposium)
Welcome	Hemant Kumar
Introductory speech	K. Satchdanandan
Participants	Dr. Ranu Uniyal, Sudeep Sen, Dr. Subodh Sarkar, Dr. Hemant Divate, Dr. P. P. Ravidran, Dr. Rati Saxena, A P Kunjamu, Navkirat Sodhi.
Vote of Thanks	Salil Varma
4.00 pm	Dr. K M George Memorial Lecture
	K. Satchdanandan
Topic	Literature, Language in the Contemporary Indian Context
5.30 pm	The culture and Politics of being Subaltern (Symposium)
Welcome	Purushan Kadalundi
Introductory Speech	Dr. N. Muthumohan
Participants	Dr. A.K Nambiar, Meena Kandaswamy, KEN, Pradeepan Pampirikunnu, K K S Das, Kalanmooppan
Vote of Thanks
7.00 pm	Folk art presentation, Gadhhika: Kalan Mooppan and Group.
Sunday, November 4
11 am	Changing Narrative (Symposium)
Welcome	P K Parakkadavu
Introductory Speech	Ashokan Charuvil
Participants	K P Ramanunni, C. V. Balakrishnan, N.Sasidharan, U. K. Kumaran, V R Sudeesh, Subash Chandran, E. P. Rajagoplan, Thanuja. S. Bhattathiri, Vafo Salomat (Uzbek)
Vote of Thanks	C. Ashokan.
2.00 pm	Literature and New Media (Symposium)
Welcome	J. Prasad
Introductory Speech	B.Rajeevan
Participants	C.P. Aboobacker, Mangat Ratnakaran, Savithri Rajeevan, Dr. Rati Saxena, K B Venu.
Vote of Thanks	Dr. M. Sugeetha.
4.30pm	Why Poetry is being marginalized? Debate and Reading
Welcome	Sagi. N.M
Inauguration and reading	Sugatha Kumari
Key-Note address and reading	Dr. Sukrita Kumar Paul
Participants	Azam Abidov, Kureepuzha Sreekumar, Vasyl Makhno, Mohan Prasad, P. P. Sreedharanunny, Navkirat Sodhi, V.M Girija, Ranu Uniyal, R. Mohanan, Amma Raj Joshi, Anitha Thampi, Vinod Vaysali, Satyachandran Poyilkavu, P.N Gopikrishnan, Dr. L. Thomas Kutty, C S Jayachandran, Subha.
Vote of Thanks	Aziz Tharuvana.
Monday, November 5
11.00 am	Open Space Interaction in between and with writers/poets
Welcome	Mahesh
Introductory Speech	Dr. Sukrita Kumar Paul
4.00pm	Book launch
	Dr. Puthussery Ramachandran, Dr. M. Gopalankutty, Dr. M.R Raghava Varrier
6.00pm	Filmic Dialogue and Cultural Formation in Kerala (Discussion)
Participants	P T Kunhumuhammed, Dr. C S Venketeswaran, Dr. V C Haris, V K Joseph, G.P.Ramachandran, N P Sajeeash.
7.00 pm	Film Show
Tuesday, November 6
4.00pm	Education Today: Meeting
Inauguration	Dr. K N Panicker, Dr. B Iqbal, Dr. VC Haris,
Book Launch	Fazal Gafoor, K T Kunhikannan, V V Dakshinamoorthy.
6.00pm	Hindustani Music
	Kaithapram, Dr. Muhammed Shakker, Shibu Muhamed, Girish Puthecherry, Ravi Menon. Gazal Night.
Wednesday, November 7
4.00pm	Religion, Faith and Communalism (Seminar)
Welcome	K K Krishnakumar
Participants	Ram Pulani, K T Jaleel, MLA, Swami Lokananda, Swami Viswabhadrananda Shakitibodhi, Fr. Alosius, Ismail Vafa
Book Launch	A book on Theatre by Hamid Mannissery
Thursday, November 8
4.00pm	Language, Culture and Media (Debate)
	G. Sudhkaran, Minister for Cooperation, O. Abdurrahman, KEN, N P Rajendran, N P Chekkutty, Gopi Puthukode, N Madhavankutty.
Friday, November 9
The Art and Life ( Discussion)	T. Padpanabhan, Murali, K P Ramanunny, Paul Kallanode, Nilambur Ayisha, Shanta Devi, Mamukoya
Friday, November 10
Valedictory Function
5.00pm	Balachandran Chullikkad, Bhasurendra Babu, Civic Chandran