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Chennai Lit Fest: Tamil Nadu BJP Chief K Annamalai To Inaugurate The Event Featuring Noted Speakers Tomorrow
Chennai Lit Fest
The Chennai Lit Fest which had made its debut in 2021 is back with its second edition this year featuring personalities from the literary world of Tamil Nadu.
The lit fest is anchored around the theme of celebrating ‘75 years of Indian independence’, to highlight the contributions of the Tamil region in the Indian freedom struggle.
The fest being held from 26-27 March, will happen simultaneously in both Tamil and English with separate speakers for both the segments.
The fest will be inaugurated on 26 March by BJP Tamil Nadu President K Annamalai who will deliver the inaugural address.
The speakers for the English segment includes author and TV panelist Ratan Sharda, JNU Professor Anand Ranganathan, retired Under Secretary in Ministry of Home Affairs RVS Mani, Dr Janaki Raman and M R Venkatesh.
Prominent television actor Mohan Raman, Vijita Singh Aggarwal of IP University, Neena Rai and Sai Swaroopa Iyer are other speakers for the English segment.
The speakers for the Tamil segment includes Sahitya Academy Award winning Joe D’ Cruz, YouTuber Maridhas and journalist Rangaraj Pandey among others.
The lit fest is organized by Indoi Analytics, a knowledge movement that seeks to unite persons striving towards Indian interests.
In March 2021, Indoi Analytics had launched the Chennai Lit Fest featuring speakers outstanding Tamil literary personality Sivashankari, ‘Dravida Maya’ Subbu, Charu Nivedita, carnatic vocalist ‘Neyveli Santhanagopalan’, Editor of Organiser magazine Prafulla Ketkar, author Sandeep Balakrishna, among others.
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