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Noted NASA astronaut Sunita Williams has arrived successful Kozhikode to be the Kerala Literature Festival (KLF).
Ms. Williams arrived successful Kozhikode connected Wednesday (January 21, 2026) nighttime and is expected to instrumentality portion successful assorted events of the festival till January 25.
According to the KLF schedule, she volition be the inaugural lawsuit connected Thursday evening on with Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
Other speakers astatine the inaugural lawsuit see Kerala Tourism Minister P.A. Mohamed Riyas, Tamil Nadu Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan, MP Thamizhachi Thangapandian, Kozhikode Mayor O Sadashivan, writer K. Satchidanandan, histrion Bhavana, histrion Prakash Raj, Nirmala Lakshman, Chairperson of The Hindu Group, bureaucrat Divya S. Iyer, German Consul General Achim Burkart, Dr Marla Stukenberg of the Goethe Institute, Dr Sayed Ibrahim and A Pradeepkumar.
Later successful the night, Ms. Williams volition talk astatine a league titled ‘Dreams Reach Orbit: Meet the Astronaut Who Touched the Sky’, moderated by Preeti Choudhry.
On Friday morning, she volition instrumentality portion successful an enactment nether the Children’s KLF titled ‘Once Upon a Time successful Space’, moderated by histrion Rima Kallingal.
On January 25 morning, Ms. Williams volition enactment successful a speech titled ‘Astronaut’s Odyssey’, moderated by Barkha Dutt.
In the evening, she volition be different league titled ‘When Earth Can’t Keep You Down’, moderated by writer Manu S. Pillai.
