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The eventual physical event will be held in Kozhikode in January 2022,
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DC Kizhakemuri in association with DC Books is hosting the Kerala Literature Festival (e-KLF 2021) today (May 28) with a poetry festival. This year, the Kerala Literature Festival is celebrating the 75th birthday of Prof. K Satchidanandan, the festival director, with an international poetry festival.
With over 50 poets from more than nine countries, the poetry festival was inaugurated at 10am by the Minister of Culture, Kerala, Shri Saji Cheriyan. The inaugural ceremony will be presided over by the festival chairman, A Pradeep Kumar, Chief Facilitator Ravi Deecee, and General Convener Abdul Hakeem.
K Satchidanandan said the satirical video was sent to him as a WhatsApp forward.
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A Kerala-based poet has alleged that he was blocked by Facebook for 24 hours for posting a video on the Bharatiya Janata Party s loss in the recently-concluded assembly elections in the state. The satirical video , K Satchidanandan said, was sent to him as a WhatsApp forward after which he shared on the social media platform. The BJP has denied any role in the incident. I was barred from posting or commenting on Facebook because I posted a widely shared video - a satire on BJP s defeat in Kerala. The clipping is from a movie where Hitler is addressing his soldiers after defeat, and the Malayalam commentary in it was about Amit Shah and senior BJP leaders speaking to party workers in Kerala after defeat. The post was a satire, it was critical but was not abusive of anyone, Mr Satchidanandan told NDTV.