While the Bangalore Book Festival is being held for 10 days, the Sahityotsava will be held for 3 days and will host prominent authors. The Sahityotsava as well as the Bangalore Book Festival will see books and literature from different states and different languages in India come together for a grand display.
Don’t forget to visit our Pratham Books stall there. Our stall number is 242 at Tripuravasini, Palace grounds, Bangalore.
The Schedule for the event is as follows:
Day-1: 14th December, 4.00 pm
Inauguration and Presidential address by: Prof. Chandrashekara Kambara, President of Advisory Committee – Bengaluru Sahityotsava
Day-2: 15th December 2012
Session 1: 10 to 11.30 am – Promotion of Inter Literature Understanding.
Participating Writers:
1. Dr. Rajendra Chenni – Kannada
2. Dr. Su Venkateshan – Tamil
3. Dr. Siddalinga Pattanashetty – Kannada
4. Sri. M. P. Veerendrakumar – Malayalam
Moderator: Sri. Sugatha S. Raju
Session 2: 12 noon to 1.30 pm- Writers and Contemporary Issues
Participating Writers:
1. Sri. Anandan – Malayalam
2. Sri. Devanur Mahadeva – Kannada
3. Dr. Samala Sadashiva – Telugu
4. Dr. Bargur Ramachandrappa -Kannada
Moderator: Dr. Natraj Huliyar
Session 3: 2.30 pm to 4.00 pm – Book Talk and Dialogue with Writers
Participating Writers:
1. Dr. Girish Karnad – Kannada
2. Su. Kandaswamy – Tamil
3. Dr. C. Narayana Reddy – Telugu
Session 4: 4.30 pm to 6 pm – Book Talk and Dialogue with Writers
Participating Writers :
1. Dr. S. L. Byrappa – Kannada
2. Sri. M. T. Vasudevan Nair – Malayalam
3. Sri. Sithakantha Mahapatra – Oriya
Day-3 : 16th December 2012
Session 1: 10 am to 11.30 am – Freedom of Expression and Social Harmony
Participant Writers:
1. Smt. Chitra Mudugal – Hindi
2. Prof. C. N. Ramachandran – Kannada
3. Prof. H. S. Raghavedra Rao –
4. Dr. Ramakanth Rath – Oriya
Moderator: Dr. K. E. Radhakrishna
Session 2: 12 noon to 1.30 pm – Writers and Inter-Linguistic issues
Participant Writers:
1. Dr. L. Hanumanthaiah – Kannada
2. Dr. M. Mukundan – Malayalam
3. Dr. Hampa Nagarajiah – Kannada
4. Sri. Sayad saleem – Telugu
Moderator: Sri. O. L. Nagabushana Swamy
Session 3: 2.30 pm to 4.30 pm – Poets Meet and Recital of Poetry
Participating Poets:
Dr. Viswanath Prasad Tiwari – ( Presiding)
1. Sri. Sachidanandan – Malayalam
2. Dr. Siddalingaiah – Kannada
3. Sri. Nagesh Karmali – Konkani
4. Amrutha Somashekar – Tulu
5. Sri. Utpala Sathyanarayanacharya – Telugu
6. Smt. Vanitha – Punjabi
7. Sri. Kailash Vajpeyee – Hindi
8. Sri. Amar Somoy Alpa – Bengali
9. Sri. Khaleel Mamoon – Urdu
10. Prof. S G Siddaramiah
11. Sri. Srihari – Gujarati
12. Sri. Sowbhagyakumar Mishra – Oriya
13. Sri,Vairamuttu – Tamil
14. Sri. Chandrakanth Patil – Marathi
15. Sri. Chandraprakash Deval – Rajasthani
16. Dr. K. S. Nisar Ahamad – Kannada.
17. Dr.Chennaveera Kanavi – Kannada
18. Smt. Harish Minashru – Gujarati
19. Smt. H. L. Pushpa – Kannada
20. Dr. Ajaikumar Singh – Kannada.