KLF fest on 12 Jan

Chennai, Jan 6: Asia’s second-largest cultural gathering, the Kerala Literature Festival (KLF) will be held at Kozhikode beach from 12 to 15 January.A press release said,” From Nobel laureates to Booker Prize-winning writers, and senior politicians to historians, journalists, Film & Theatre Personalities, Performers & Artists, Diplomats, and Literary Luminaries, the sixth edition promises to host a spectacular list of delegates. KLF is part of the tourist calendar of the region with participation from across India and from other parts of the world.””Around 400 speakers from 12 countries are expected to attend the event to be held in six venues spread across Kozhikode beach. They include Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Palanivel Thiagarajan, Booker Prize winners Shehan Karunatilaka, Arundhati Roy and Geetanjali Shree, Noble Laureates Ada Yonath and Abhijit Banerjee, American Indologist Wendy Doniger, Adman Piyush Pandey, writers/ authors Jeffrey Archer, Francesc Miralles, Shobhaa De, Tushar Gandhi, MT Vasudevan Nair, Jerry Pinto, Shashi Tharoor, and Sudha Murthy,
journalists P. Sainath and Barkha Dutt, historians Ramachandra Guha, William Darymple, and Manu S. Pillai, Singers Remo Fernandes and Usha Uthup, Film Personalities Emily Perkins and Prakash Raj, politician Kapil Sibal among others,” the release added.