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Rammohan Paliyath |
Following the
initial release of Pranayam (Love) – Limited Version at Mysuru on January 6, the e-book was
launched at River Bourne Center, Kochi, by Author and Columnist Rammohan
Paliyath on February 4, 2024. The audience – a coterie of bookish people – was
looking forward to the "Webinivesam" author’s informal and delightful oratory,
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Shreekumar Varma |
Playwright, Author, Poet, and Columnist Shreekumar Varma shared his thoughts on the three-dimensional
creative collaboration of poetry and photography, and the individual and collective experiences of the pictures and poems. Poet,
Artist, Curator and Researcher Kavitha Balakrishnan, who was expected to but
could not make it to the event, made her virtual presence
felt.
An
introduction of the photographers and their pictures along with poetry rendition by the poets was well received by
the audience. Not to mention the musical rendition of a select few Malayalam poems by Lyricist, Composer and Short Film Director Krishnakumar Varma.
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Rangarajan G. |
Pranayam –
Limited Version (Love – Limited Version) is a flipbook of pictures and poems in
Malayalam and English. Jayasree T.’s Malayalam poems are inspired by photographs captured by Basanth Peringode, Manikantan Mundakkal, Poornima G., Riya Anes, Sudevan and
Zakariya, and translated by Sujatha Warrier. The e-book, designed by Bharati
Varrier, has been published by Writers International Edition. The e-book is available on Google Books. For your copy of
the e-book, please click here.
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Jayadas. T. |
The concluding session, which was an interactive one, turned out to be thoroughly entertaining as well with the participation of Poet, Professor and much-more Rangarajan G. and Jayadas T., a teacher of math who is full of mirth. The evening ended with amazing twilight waterfront photo opportunities well exploited by the guests and participants.
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Kavitha Balakrishnan |
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Krishnakumar Varma |