Speakers

Banu Mushtaq is a writer, activist, and lawyer from Karnataka, in southern India. She emerged as a powerful voice in the progressive protest literary circles of southwestern India during the 1970s and 1980s. Writing at the heart of the Bandaya Sahitya movement—which challenged entrenched caste and class hierarchies—she became one…

H. S. Shivaprakash is a distinguished poet, playwright, and scholar, celebrated for his wide-ranging contributions to literature and theatre. He has received numerous prestigious honors, including the Sahitya Akademi Award (2013), the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (1997), four Karnataka Sahitya Akademi Best Book Prizes, and the Karnataka Nataka Akademi Award.…

Veerankutty is a Malayalam poet and former associate professor in Dept of Malayalam Govt College Madappally. He was born in Narayamkulam near Perambra in Kozhikode District, Kerala. His poems were translated into English, German, Tamil, Kannada,Arabic, Marathi and Hindi languages. His poems were published in Indian Literature, Poetry International web…

Dr. Nedya is a dentist. Inspired by Gandhi, she is living with her husband and daughter in a village and has taken up farming. They are running a learning centre for the village children. She has a keen interest in birding, nature and crafts, and strives to inculcate these interests…

Chithra Balasubramanian has been involved in the teaching profession for fifteen years as a Tamil lecturer. She holds M.A. and M.Phil. degrees from the University of Madras. She also worked as a coordinator with the community FM station of M.O.P. Vaishnav College for Women. She has been active in the…