Metaphors, Imagination and the Truth- Shehan Karunatilaka in Conversation with Sashi Kumar | KLF2023

Metaphors, Imagination and the Truth | Shehan Karunatilaka in Conversation with Sashi Kumar | Kerala Literature Festival 2023

About Speakers👇

Shehan Karunatilaka:
Shehan Karunatilaka is the winner of the 2022 Booker Prize for his second novel The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida. He is also the author of the award-winning Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew, which was selected for the UK’s 2022 Big Jubilee Read selection. Born in Sri Lanka, he studied in New Zealand and has lived and worked in London, Amsterdam, and Singapore. He lives in Colombo with his family, his guitars, and his unfinished stories.

Sashi Kumar:
Sashi Kumar is a journalist and media entrepreneur. He is the founder and chairman of the Media Development Foundation, which administers the Asian College of Journalism in Chennai. In 1992, he founded and launched Asianet, India`s first regional language satellite TV channel (Malayalam), as well as the country`s first statewide cable TV network in Kerala. In 2004, he wrote and directed the award-winning Hindi feature film Kaya Taran, and he has also acted in a few Malayalam feature films. Tulika Books published Unmediated: Essays on Media, Culture, and Cinema in 2013, a collection of his articles and essays. He has won numerous awards for his contributions to journalism.