Valedictory of Basheer centenary tomorrow
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Kozhikode Mayor Beena Philip will open the valedictory of the Vaikom Mohammed Basheer centenary celebrations at the Town Hall here on February 27.
According to Pradeep Houdino and V.P. Sukumaran, functionaries of the All-India Malayali Association (AIMA), which has been holding various events to mark the celebrations, a musical tribute will be paid to the writer at the event. Gokulam Gopalan, president, AIMA, and Mayoora Shreyams Kumar, programme head, Club FM, will be present. K. Ashwini Kumar, Port Officer, Kozhikode, will be honoured. The centenary celebrations were opened on January 21 at the Calicut Press Club. Mr. Houdino said that the association plans to hold similar events to commemorate other writers as well in the future.
Celebrating the Beypore Sultan
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40-day-long fete planned to commemorate writer’s birth anniversary
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40-day-long fete planned to commemorate writer’s birth anniversary
The birth anniversary of writer Vaikom Muhammad Basheer will be a 40-day-long festival this time. The Beypore Art, Craft, Tourism and Literature Festival is being organised by the All India Malayali Association (AIMA) and Beypore Heritage Forum, in association with the Vaikom Muhammad Basheer Chair of the Calicut University, the Thunchath Ezhuthachan Malayalam University, Kerala Sahitya Akademi and Kerala State Chalachitra Academy. The fest will comprise art camp, Basheer film festival, musical programmes, short film contest, global short story competition, a video presentation titled ‘Hundred Second Ka Sultan’ based on the writer’s works, talks, discussions, tourism seminar and workshop on tourism possibilities in connection with the Uru building in Beypore and travell