Kaleidoscope of strains
BHAWANI CHEERATH
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‘Kritya 2007,’ an international festival of poetry, will be held from July 21 to 23.
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Kritya is not only my dream but the dream of many poets and artists.
Moving force: Rati Saxena
The rhythm of words, the music in their language and the mindscapes of poets drawn from all over the globe meet in Thiruvananthapuram to celebrate poetry.
‘Kritya 2007,’ an international poetry festival being held at Vyloppilly Samskriti Bhavan from July 21 to 23, will transform itself into the melting pot of voices that celebrates life in all its varying shades.
A tribute
Kritya, a bi-lingual (English and Hindi) poetry e-journal, completes three years of its existence this year and the festival is a tribute to Ayyappa Panikar, the poet who gave poetry a new idiom.
In the words of Rati Saxena, the prime moving force behind the web-journal and the poetry fete, “Kritya is not only my dream but the dream of many poets and artists. When we thought of a festival, I preferred July, when the plants, trees and even the sands of Kerala enjoy the month. I chose this time to feel the spirit of Kerala while enjoying its literary feast.”
The poetry reading sessions spread over two days becomes a kaleidoscope of strains from Korea, Ireland, Croatia, Italy, Iran, Germany and Hong Kong. From India it is poesy in Marathi, Bangla, Kannada, Kashmiri, Tamil and Malayalam brought to you by poets of standing like, Loknath Yashwant, Utpal Basu, Kamala M.R., Agni Shekhar, Neela Padmanabhan, and O.N.V. Kurup.
The session for Malayalam reads like a veritable ‘Who’s Who’ of Malayalam poetry – Sugatha Kumari, K. Satchidanandan, Kavalam Narayana Paniker, Vishnu Narayanan Namboodiri, …
Painting to the strains of Ayyappa Panikar’s lines will be artists B. D. Dethan, Lizzie Jacob, and Suresh. Turning poetry into motion will be Shirin Badihian Sadeghi (Iran), Massimo Sannelli (Italy), Mani Rao (Hong Kong), Anupama R and Paul Chandy Kayalackakom (Kerala).
An interesting inclusion in the calendar of events is folk poetry by Thankappan Asan and his team and a Koodiyattom performance led by Painkulam Narayana Chakyar.
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