KR Meera in Conversation with MB Rajesh | The Political Pulse of Literature | WLF 2024

#wayanadliteraturefestival #krmeera #mbrajesh #malayalamliterature #malayalam #wlf2024 #keralaliteraturefestival #literature #politics #politicstoday Political Readings of Literature: A Conversation Between K. R. Meera and M. B. Rajesh Politics will be the undercurrent of literature. One of the foundations of reading a literary work will be its inherent political content. Recognizing and addressing the politics of imagination is the challenge that writers pose to readers. It is by recognizing and resolving that challenge that readers discover new worlds of imagination in reading. K. R. Meera is a writer who has established her own place in the world of Malayalam literature through different writing paths. Aracharum, Ghathakanun Kabar, Meerasadhu and Mohamanja have crossed geographical and linguistic boundaries not only in the minds of Malayalis but also through translations. Meera, who moved from journalism to full-time literary work, has opened a new creative universe in Malayalam literature with her remorseful and at the same time sharp words. Perhaps, she is the second writer to write in Malayalam after Madhavikutty and Sarah Joseph to become famous across borders. MB Rajesh, who has experience as a student, youth organization activist, and member of parliament, is notable as a speaker and a minister. This minister, who is in charge of two important departments in Kerala, Local Government and Excise, reads and analyzes not only in terms of files but also in politics and literature. He is a continuation of the political tradition that does not separate anything in society from politics. Support us: www.wlfwayanad.com/donation/ To engage with us, Like and Subscribe : www.instagram.com/wlfwayanad www.facebook.com/WLFwayanad www.x.com/WLFwayanad www.youtube/@wlfwayanad 0:08 - 2:00 Reading and Politics: Mutual Influences 2:01 - 6:00 Politics is Life; Politics is Literature 6:01 - 9:50 Party Politics and Broad Political Beliefs 9:51 - 11:00 M. T. - The Political Correctness of 11:01 - 12:20 Macro-politics and micro-politics in Meera's works 12:21 - 14:00 A writer's writing life in the post-Gujarati Indian situation 14:01 - 17:50 Pan-Indian characteristics in Meera's works 17:51 - 21:00 Large novels and the self-satisfaction of reading them 21:01 - 21:41 Gender equality is essential for the development of democracy. 21:42 - 24:00 The sense of freedom that feminism gives 24:01 - 33:25 Stereotypes about female identity 33:26 - 35:38 Systemic change and the people 35:39 - 46:16 State power, violence, fear 46:17 - 53:05 Gender equality and the left 53:06 - 59:44 The decline and hypocrisy of journalism 59:45 - 1:11:26 Politics without creativity and creativity without politics