Final day events of Singapore Writers Festival

Today is the last day of SWF. We couldn't attend any family sessions as we had other appointments. Later we had a panel discussion 'Challenging conventions in Tamil Literature' with S. Ramakrishnan and two other Singaporean writers Shanawaz and Jeyanti Sankar. Shanawas is good in story telling. This is the first time I had a …

A fine evening with author S Ramakrishnan

I couldn't attend any further SWF sessions after City of ghosts – screening , as I had other official commitments. Today is important, as the festival would be over by tomorrow. I went with my family as my wife was interested in 'Surviving Parenthood' scheduled at 11:30. Kannan and I went first to attend 'Shape a Story …

City of ghosts – screening

I rushed back to SWF in the evening. I thought I can get a ticket for City of ghosts. After bustling around the ticket corner, I was able to get one, finally. It was a full house show! This documentary talks about Raqqa, a city in Syria located in the bank of a river. It …

Story reading sessions at Singapore Writers Festival

Kannan and I went to Singapore Writers Festival today at the Arts house, here in Singapore. In the previous year, I had attended this event in 2015, in which I had a chance to listen to a panel discussion that involves novelist Jeyamohan and lyricist Na Muthukumar. (It was first and last time meeting Na. …