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The SRM University–A.P. volition big the archetypal variation of the Amaravati Literature Festival (ALF) from October 22 to 24, 2025. With the evocative tagline “Kotha Nagaram, Kotha Svaralu” (New City, New Voices), the festival volition observe both, the emerging tone of Amaravati and the enduring powerfulness of lit to signifier communities and ideas.
A connection released connected Saturday (October 18, 2025) said that the ALF volition bring unneurotic a vibrant constellation of authors, poets, translators, academics, and taste icons from crossed India. Highlights see a keynote code by acclaimed Telugu feminist writer Volga (P. Lalita Kumari) and conversations with distinguished voices specified arsenic Padma Shri Ganesh N. Devy, P. Satyavathi, Ramesh Karthik Nayak, Kadali Satyanarayana, Jerry Pinto, Devendra Prabhudesai, Ranjan Ghosh, Manisha Sobhrajani, Millo Ankha, Milee Ashwarya, Canato Jimo, N. Jency and Pavan Santhosh.
The festival volition diagnostic sessions successful some Telugu and English, celebrating the richness of India’s multilingual creativity. Evenings volition travel live with taste performances by students and artists, including Koka Vijayalakshmi, blending lit with music, art, and theatre.
“More than a solemnisation of books, ALF is simply a solemnisation of cities, communities, and civic imagination. As Amaravati evolves into a modern capital, the festival provides a level to envision caller voices, stories, and identities that volition specify its taste landscape,” said Amlan Baisya, convenor of the festival.
He said visitors tin look guardant to an immersive acquisition of sheet discussions, creation installations, trade exhibitions, and culinary showcases, making ALF a genuinely holistic taste festival. “Our ngo is to foster a emotion for literature, promote captious thought, and supply a level for some emerging and established voices,” helium said, adding that beyond literate sessions, ALF is astir assemblage engagement and inclusive taste exchange.
