#KLF KERALA LITERATURE FESTIVAL 2024 IN KOZHIKODE AKA CALICUT WAS A MEMORABLE EVENT WITH MANY ATTENDEES AND AUTHORS FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD. IT WAS A FESTIVAL OF SORTS LITERALLY...THE EVENT WAS JAM-PACKED FOR THE WHOLE FOUR DAYS FROM THE START TO ITS CONCLUSION. I SEE TO IT THAT I ATTEND THIS EVENT EVERY TIME IT IS HELD ON OUR CULTURAL BEACH THE PROMENADE OF FREEDOM SQUARE IN THE BEACH ROAD CALICUT. THE EVENT WAS IN ITS SEVENTH YEAR AND THOUGH WE MISSED A COUPLE OF YEARS DUE TO PANDEMIC RESTRICTIONS EARLIER IT IS AGAIN BACK IN FULL SWING..IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL ASPIRING WRITERS TO SEE THEIR IDOLS CONVERSE WITH THEM IN FLESH AND BLOOD AND ALSO FOR THOSE ATTENDEES TO SEE AND INTERACT WITH MANY CELEBRITIES FROM DIFFERENT DOMAINS. THE SESSIONS FROM MORNING TO EVENING WERE ORGANISED BY THE AUTHORITIES AND VOLUNTEERS DID THEIR DUTY IMPECCABLY TO ENSURE THE SESSIONS WERE COMPLETED IN TIME AND REFRESHMENTS FOR THE INVITEES WERE ARRANGED PROPERLY. THERE WAS AN EXCLUSIVE FOOD COURT OF KUDUMBASREE WORKERS, COSMOPOLITAN CAFE AND PARAGON RESTAURANT TO CATER TO THE NEEDS OF ALL VISITORS. SINCE THE EVENT WAS CONDUCTED IN A PUBLIC PLACE IDEAL FOR SUCH A BIG EVENT. AMPLE PARKING AREA HELPED TO AVOID PARKING WORRIES..
I ALSO HAD A CHANCE TO INTERACT WITH EMINENT CRICKETER AND FORMER INDIAN OPENER MR.ARUN LAL IN A SESSION TITLED " PITCHSIDE -MY LIFE IN CRICKET|".WHERE HE POINTS OUT THE NEED FOR INDIA TO CONCENTRATE ON TEST CRICKET AND THE NEED TO CURATE THE PITCHES THAT FAVOUR SPIN BOWLING AT OUR HOME GROUNDS SINCE WE ARE A FEW NOTCHES DOWN IN THE WORLD TEST RANKINGS. THE COMMERCIAL SUCCESS OF INDIAN CRICKET SUBDUED THE GAME''S QUALITY IN THE LONGER VERSION. I ATTENDED MANY SESSIONS WITH BOOK AUTHORS AND HAD A CHANCE TO MEET RENOWNED MALAYALAM AUTHORS LIKE K.R. MEERA AND BEHNYAMIN WHO WERE DISCUSSING ABOUT THEIR BOOKS WITH THE AUDIENCE. #HANGMAN (ആരാച്ചാർ) OF MEERA WAS A BEST-SELLING NOVEL IN MALAYALAM THAT DEPICT INTRICACIES IN THE LIFE OF A HANGMAN.
VOLUNTEERS WITH THE T-SHIRT SLOGAN " TODAY IS OUR TOMORROW" WERE SEEN AT THE VENUE THE GUEST NATION OF THE 7TH EDITION OF #KLF WAS TURKIYE. THE CULTURAL EVENTS HELD AT THE VENUE BY THE ARTISTS FROM TURKIYE INCLUDE THE WHIRLING DERVISH CEREMONY FROM KONYA HEARTLAND OF SUFISM..
K.R MEERA THE AUTHOR SIGNING
ATTRACTIONS AT THE VENUE
ARUNLAL.IN CONVERSATION WITH ;AMRIT MATHUR.ANDK.N RAGHAVAN. "PITCHSIDE -MY LIFE IN INDIAM CRICKET
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