Hampa Nagarajaiah.
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The first edition of Samajamukhi Sahitya Sammelana will be held this weekend. Organised by Samajamukhi Prakashana, it will be inaugurated by prominent literary figures Hampa Nagarajaiah, Baraguru Ramachandrappa and H S Shivaprakash.
Many big names in literature, cinema and the arts are participating in the two-day event.
The festival discusses topics such as literary activism, theatre and society, poetry and resistance, climate crisis and literature’s role, Kannada literary magazines, and contemporary cinema.
Among the panellists are such well-known names as Girish Kasaravalli, Ere Gowda, Vidyashankar, Purushottama Bilimale, Peggy Mohan, and Vasanth Shetty.
A panel on language and decolonisation features Bishnu Mohapatra, Peggy Mohan and Rajendra Chenni. Kesari Haravoo, director of ‘Kisan Satyagraha: Tremors of Change?’ and Mahishaa, director of ‘Babasaheb in Bengaluru’, will talk about dissent in a session moderated by writer Amandeep Sandhu.
A session on poetry features H S Shivaprakash, Meena Kandasamy, Sumana Roy and Smitha Sehgal, moderated by Samvartha Sahil.
The event also discusses the novels of Niranjana in his birth centenary year.
Samajamukhi Sahitya Sammelana on November 8 and 9 at Bharat Scouts and Guides Karnataka State Headquarters, Palace Road.
Details on samajamukhi.com