Media Release
Mangaluru, Nov 25: The second edition of Mangaluru Lit Fest is all set to be held on November 29 and 30 at TMA Pai International Convention Centre in city.
Organised by Mangaluru Literary Foundation, in association with Kannada and Culture Department, the Mangaluru Lit Fest this year is themed ‘The Idea of Bharat – today and tomorrow’.
According to the organisers, the Lit Fest attempts to showcase ancient Indian wisdom of peace, prosperity and universal well being as enshrined in Indian scriptures from Indian historical perspective through intellectual discourse by the finest literary minds from across the globe.
The Lit Fest will be inaugurated by Jnanapeeta awardee, poet and folklorist Dr Chandrashekara Kambara. Dr N Vinaya Hegde, vice-chancellor, Nitte (Deemed to be University) will preside over the programme.
On the occasion, the lifetime award will be presented to renowned researcher, author and historian Dr M Chidananda Murthy.
The Lit Fest will have renowned speakers such as Rajeev Chandrashekar, Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament, Anurag Thakur, union minister of state for finance and corporate affairs, Dr Ajakkala Girish Bhat, president, Kuvempu Bhasha Bharati Pradhikara, Malavika Avinash, actor, Vasudendra, author, Sahana Vijay, author, Smita Prakash, editor-in-chief, ANI, Savio Rodrigues, editor-in-chief, Goa Chronicle, Sanjay Dixit, additional chief secretary, Rajasthan, Gen G D Bakshi (retd), strategic affairs expert, Barkha Dutt, journalist and author, B L Santhosh, BJP general secretary, Prakash Belawadi, actor and activist, T S Nagabharana, film director, Shiv Aroor, author, Dr Vasanth Kumar Perla, poet and writer, Dr K K Muhammed, Padmashri awardee and author, Chaya Bhagavathi, author and poet, Dr Raghotham Sundarrajan, researcher among others.
On November 29 at 5 pm, ‘Sanskritika Sandhya’ will be presented by students of Alva’s Samskrithika Vaibhava team.
Schedule
November 29, 2019
Chaavadi
10:00 am Genesis - Dr M Chidananda Murthy, Dr Chandrashekara Kambara, Dr N Vinaya Hegde, Chaitra M S
11:15 am Excavating Truth - Dr K K Muhammed with Harsha Bhat
12:15 pm The RSS: Roadmaps for the 21st Century – Book Discussion - Sunil Ambekar with Savio Rodrigues
2:15 pm India Calling - Maria Wirth, Henrietta Lucy Guest with Ravi Iyer
3:15 pm Is the Media Leaning? - Smita Prakash, Barkha Dutt with Atul Kulkarni
5:15 pm Samskritika Sandhya - Alva’s Samskritika Vaibhava – Alva’s Students
Two Sides
11:15 am ‘Kolu Kolenna Kole – beauty of India in Janapada’ - Madhava Peraje with Dr Ajakkala Girish Bhat
12:15 pm Exploring Spiritual Democracy - Sraddhalu Ranade with Dr Vinaychandra Banavathy
2:15 pm ‘Vachanas – a national movement’ - B V Vasanth Kumar with Chaya Bhagavathi
3:15 pm ‘India in tulu literature’ - Radhakrishna Kalchar, Prof Arun Kumar with Dr Vasanth Kumar Perla
4:15 pm ‘Search for truth is fearless’ - Dr M Chidananda Murthy
Manthan
11:15 am Diversity & Performative Traditions - Prof Venkat Rao with Ashwini Desai
12:15 pm ‘Learn from the minds of others’ - Diwakara Hegde
2:15 pm Ahead to Nature - N H Ravindranath with Raghottam S
3:15 pm Blood Buddhas – Film Screening - Nikhil Singh Rajput
Sat, 30 Nov 2019
Chaavadi
10:00 am Kashmir: A Peep into the Future - Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain, M D Nalapath, Dr Waeil Awwad with Anand Ranganathan
11:00 am Islam in India – The Road Ahead - Arif Mohammad Khan with R Jagannathan
12:00 noon New India: Demography – Dividend or Danger – B L Santhosh with Ajit Hanumakkanavar
2:00 pm Money Matters - Anurag Thakur with Vivek Mallya
3:00 pm Social Relevance and The Silver Screen - Madhur Bhandarkar, Prakash Belawadi with Malavika Avinash
4:15 pm ‘Mysore Mallige drama’ - T S Nagabharana, B V Rajaram
5:45 pm Synthesis - R Jagannathan, Keonraad Elst
Two Sides
10:00 am Children of Saraswathi – The River that changed its Course and Discourse – Book Discussion - Maj Gen G D Bakshi with Shefali Vaidya
11:00 am Savarkar: Echoes from the Past – Book Discussion - Vikram Sampath with Abhinav Prakash
12:00 noon Yes ! Shakti Loves Loring - Nirmala Govindarajan, Manoshi Sinha, Sai Swaroopa with Sahana Vijayakumar
02:00 pm JNU: What is Right in the Left ? - Tejasvi Surya, Anand Ranganathan with Abhinav Prakash
03:00 pm Men-at-Arms - Shiv Aroor, Santosh Thammaiah with Shreeraj Gudi
Manthan
10:00 ‘Story of chita’ - Vasudendra with Dr Rohinaksha
11:00 am The Proxy Invasion - Aravindan Neelakandan with Sandeep Balakrishnan
12:00 noon Searching Truth or Exploring Beauty? - Sanjay Dixit, Abhinav Agarwal with Dr Nandan Prabhu
02:00 ‘New ray on shade’ - Rajaram Hegde with Harshith Joseph
03:00 pm 'Swapna Saraswatha – light of truth on tragic history’ - Gopalakrishna Pai with Rohith Chakratirtha
04:00 pm Rashtram – A Mission - Sanjeev Sirnoorkar
Yakshagana workshop by ‘Dheemkita’, Alva’s Yakshagana Tarabethi Kendra on November 29 and 30.
Clay modelling workshop by Ravi Gunaga on November 29 and 30.
Art Workshop / Exhibition by Mahalasa School of Arts on November 29 and 30
Drawing / Painting Competition at 10:00 am on November 29 and 30.
Story Telling by Baikady Janardana Achar for schoolchildren at 10:00 am on November 29 and 30.
Prize Distribution – Essay, drawing / painting competition at 4:00 pm on November 29 and 30.