Speakers

“Attada Appala Naidu was born on August 23, 1953, in Gumada Village, Vijayanagaram District, Andhra Pradesh, to parents Suri Naidu and Narayanamma. He is married to Aruna. He holds a B.A. degree and worked in the banking sector, eventually retiring as a Grameena Bank Officer. A prolific writer, Appala Naidu…

Shahjahana, born in 1974 in Kamalapuram, Khammam district, is the daughter of Dr. Dilawar Yakubbi and the sister of Akbar Mohammed and Shamshad Begum Mohammed; she is married to Sky Baba (Yusuf Baba). A prolific writer, her literary journey spans poetry collections such as Naqab (2005) and Fiza (2021), short…

Sreekanth Kodakkal was born in 1976 in Kodakkal, located in the district of Kasaragod, Kerala. He is currently working as a teacher in the Department of Education. His poems, stories, essays, and songs have appeared in various media. His stories and songs reflect the experiences and observations of the lives…

Awards: He has won Karnataka Sahitya Academy awards 3 times (1994, 2002, 2009) and Sahitya Shree Award for Lifetime Literary Achievement in 2017. He is also a recipient of Madhyama Academy Ambedkar Award and Lokanayaka Jayaprakash Narayan Award, G.S. Shivarudrappa Award for Criticism, Rammanohar Lohia Award, Ki. Ram. Nagaraj Samskruthi…

Publications: He has to his credit 3 Short Story Collections, 2 plays, a novel, 2 poetry Collections, a biography, a monograph and 3 books of Cultural Criticism. He has edited about 48 books for various projects. His works have been prescribed as texts in several universities across Karnataka.