Living Tamil LitFest 2026

Day 2 schedule | April 4, 2026 | New York
Bringing Modern Tamil Literature to the world

check-in

9 am- 10 Am

Literature Of A Changing World

10 AM -11:10 AM

Speakers

Janika Oza
Janika Oza
M. Navin
M. Navin
Senthil Jeganathan
Senthil Jeganathan

Moderator

Gayathri Balaji

Hall

Ka.Na. Subramaniam

Changing India, Food And Emotions

10 AM -11:10 AM

Speakers

Rohan Kamicheril
Rohan Kamicheril
C Saravanakarthikeyan
C Saravanakarthikeyan
Lakshmi Saravanakumar
Lakshmi Saravanakumar

Moderator

Bharathi Kaliraj

Hall

Sundara Ramaswamy

Coffee Break

Tamil Trials: From Fields To Foreign Shores

11:30 AM -12:40 PM

Speakers

Su. Venugopal
Su. Venugopal
Kalam Selvam
Kalam Selvam
Aravinkumar
Aravinkumar

Moderator

Anne Kasthuri Saverimuthu

Hall

Ka.Na. Subramaniam

The Feminist Writing Tamil Politics And Aesthetics

11:30 AM -12:40 PM

Speakers

Kalaiselvi
Kalaiselvi
Azhagunila
Azhagunila
Ramya
Ramya

Moderator

Abirami Ravikumar / Vikram Venkat

Hall

Sundara Ramaswamy

Lunch

Towards A Contemporary Aesthetics

2:00 AM -3:10 PM

Speakers

Chad W Post
Chad W Post
Pavannan
Pavannan
Thirusenthalai
Thirusenthalai

Moderator

Anjali Prasad / Shreya Chandran

Hall

Ka.Na. Subramaniam

From The Fringes To The Forefront: Narrating The Marginalized

2:00 AM -3:10 PM

Speakers

Samraj
Samraj
S. Senthilkumar
S. Senthilkumar
Tamil Prabha
Tamil Prabha

Moderator

Nivetha Sree Sekar

Hall

Sundara Ramaswamy

coffee break

Redefining Culture Through Language

3:30 PM -4:40 PM

Speakers

Geoffrey Brock
Geoffrey Brock
Yuvan Chandrasekar
Yuvan Chandrasekar
Iswarya. V
Iswarya. V

Moderator

Shambhava Srikanth

Hall

Ka.Na. Subramaniam

Translation For Transition

3:30 PM -4:40 PM

Speakers

Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma
Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma
N. Kalyan Raman
N. Kalyan Raman
Priyamvada Ramkumar
Priyamvada Ramkumar

Moderator

Siddharth Senthilvel

Hall

Sundara Ramaswamy

coffee break

Closing Session

5:00 PM -6:00 PM

Speakers

Geoffrey Brock
Geoffrey Brock
Soundararajan Varathappan
Soundararajan Varathappan
Annadurai Govindasamy
Annadurai Govindasamy

Moderator

Sriram Jothi

Hall

dinner

Arun Mahizhnan

Arun Mahizhnan

Advisor

He has spent most of his career in culture and communications fields as practitioner, policy analyst and educator. He works for the Institute of Policy Studies and taught at the National University of Singapore and the Nanyang Technological University. Beyond his professional career, he has been active in serving the Tamil community. Over four decades, he has collaborated with government agencies and community organisations to develop the community’s intellectual and cultural resources. His current project is to launch the first Encyclopedia of Singapore Tamils, an online resource in Tamil and English.