NE NEWS SERVICE
PUDUCHERRY, DEC 11
The three-day poetry festival organised by the Pondicherry Poets and Brown Crititique will be held under the title “Earth Consciousness’’ from December 13 at Auroville and Puducherry.
According to a release from the organisation, poetry reading, book launches, conversations, workshop and music will be part of the three-day event.
Events will be held at Kalarigram (Udayan) in Auroville, TASMI and Palais de Mahe in the Puducherry town.
As many as nineteen renowned poets from across the country are expected participate in the festival.
On the opening night, Krishna McKenzie, who runs solitude farm in Auroville, will give a talk and play music. Arjita B Chowdhury and Amir, who hails from Irna, will also give a music performance.
Ahead of the festival, eco-architect Poonam Mulchandani conducted the Pondicherry Heritage Walk on Wednesday morning.
Sunaina Mandeen of PondyCan will give a talk on Pondicherry’s Natural Heritage on Friday at Palais de Mahe, the release said.
Poets who will be launching their books include K. Srilata (The Unmistakable Presence of Absent Humans), Mihir Chitre (School of Age), Anju Makhija (Poems Grow With You), Sivakami Velliangiri (How We Measured Time), Gayatri Majumdar (I Know You Are Here), K. Ramesh (A Small Tree of Tender Leaves) and Jhilam Chattaraj (When Lovers Leave and Poetry Stays), the release adds.
