Kochi Letters International Life 2010
Kochi Art and Letters Foundation is organizing Letters International Festival, in Ernakulam Town Hall, the first annual international cultural festival, first of this kind in Kerala. It will be open to the general public, authors, critical writers and just about any book lover!
It will be inaugurated by Writer C. Ayyappan on January 8. This festival will see intellectuals and academics opening seminars, interacting with students, conducting science programmes, and in discussions.
The avenues at the festival will give authors a chance to understand their readers, and how best to suit their writing for them. A common public discussion and thinking will aid publishers, authors as well as the readers. Prominent cultural activist and film maker Sashikumar and noted academic and thinker Dr Nizar Ahmed will be at the forefront of the activities.
“Thinking goes public” is an apt tagline for the festival that will be a convergence for thinkers, public, photographers, critics, writers and activists.
Here’s a list of the authors and participants of Kochi Life 2010:
Slavoj Zizek Gail Omvedt
C. Ayyappan Akeel Bilgrami
Prabhat Patnaik C. K. Janu
J. Devika T. M. Yesudasan
Tejaswini Niranjana Gopal Guru
Ram Rahman Kumar Shahani
Annapurna Garimella Usha Zacharias
Javeed Alam
