Kerala Literature Festival - 9th Edition | English | KLF 2026

Are we slowly losing what makes us human? 

At the Kerala Literature Festival 2026, Amrita Mahale and Anna-Elisabeth Mayer explore a chilling question are we becoming just data in a world driven by AI?

From AI in education to machines learning from children at a young age, this conversation reveals how technology is quietly reshaping our lives, relationships, and even creativity.

As AI becomes more powerful, what happens to human emotion, connection, and meaning?

Session : Are We the Last Human Generation?

Speakers: Amrita Mahale,Anna-Elisabeth Mayer

Moderators: Shamseer Babu 

23/01/2026 KLF Day - 2

Are we slowly losing what makes us human? 

At the Kerala Literature Festival 2026, Amrita Mahale and Anna-Elisabeth Mayer explore a chilling question are we becoming just data in a world driven by AI?

From AI in education to machines learning from children at a young age, this conversation reveals how technology is quietly reshaping our lives, relationships, and even creativity.

As AI becomes more powerful, what happens to human emotion, connection, and meaning?

Session : Are We the Last Human Generation?

Speakers: Amrita Mahale,Anna-Elisabeth Mayer

Moderators: Shamseer Babu 

23/01/2026 KLF Day - 2

Are we slowly losing what makes us human? 

At the Kerala Literature Festival 2026, Amrita Mahale and Anna-Elisabeth Mayer explore a chilling question are we becoming just data in a world driven by AI?

From AI in education to machines learning from children at a young age, this conversation reveals how technology is quietly reshaping our lives, relationships, and even creativity.

As AI becomes more powerful, what happens to human emotion, connection, and meaning?

Session : Are We the Last Human Generation?

Speakers: Amrita Mahale,Anna-Elisabeth Mayer

Moderators: Shamseer Babu 

23/01/2026 KLF Day - 2

What does Kashmir really feel like… beyond what we see in the news? 

At the Kerala Literature Festival 2026, Ipsita Chakravarty shares stories that rarely make it into headlines — stories of ordinary people, quiet fears, coded language, and lives shaped by long years of conflict.

Ipsita Chakravarty explains how storytelling in Kashmir has changed — where myths, memories, and reality blur, and even silence carries meaning.

Session : Dapaan: Lives Caught Between Lines -Kashmir Told in Whispers

Speakers: Ipsita Chakravarty

Moderators: Shamseer Babu

25/01/2026 KLF Day - 4

What does Kashmir really feel like… beyond what we see in the news? 

At the Kerala Literature Festival 2026, Ipsita Chakravarty shares stories that rarely make it into headlines — stories of ordinary people, quiet fears, coded language, and lives shaped by long years of conflict.

Ipsita Chakravarty explains how storytelling in Kashmir has changed — where myths, memories, and reality blur, and even silence carries meaning.

Session : Dapaan: Lives Caught Between Lines -Kashmir Told in Whispers

Speakers: Ipsita Chakravarty

Moderators: Shamseer Babu

25/01/2026 KLF Day - 4

At the Kerala Literature Festival 2026, acclaimed writer Pico Iyer joins Nandini Nair for a deeply moving conversation on silence, solitude, fire, time, faith, service and how to stay human in an age of constant distraction.

Drawing from his book Learning from Silence, Pico Iyer reflects on monastic life, the inner and outer worlds, the pressures of modern media, the value of retreat, and the search for stillness in everyday life. The conversation also touches on Leonard Cohen, the Dalai Lama, travel, love, community and the challenge of living meaningfully in a fast-moving world.

Session : Learning from Silence

Speakers : Pico Iyer

Moderator : Nandini Nair

24/01/2026 KLF Day -3

At the Kerala Literature Festival 2026, acclaimed writer Pico Iyer joins Nandini Nair for a deeply moving conversation on silence, solitude, fire, time, faith, service and how to stay human in an age of constant distraction.

Drawing from his book Learning from Silence, Pico Iyer reflects on monastic life, the inner and outer worlds, the pressures of modern media, the value of retreat, and the search for stillness in everyday life. The conversation also touches on Leonard Cohen, the Dalai Lama, travel, love, community and the challenge of living meaningfully in a fast-moving world.

Session : Learning from Silence

Speakers : Pico Iyer

Moderator : Nandini Nair

24/01/2026 KLF Day -3

At the Kerala Literature Festival 2026, acclaimed writer Pico Iyer joins Nandini Nair for a deeply moving conversation on silence, solitude, fire, time, faith, service and how to stay human in an age of constant distraction.

Drawing from his book Learning from Silence, Pico Iyer reflects on monastic life, the inner and outer worlds, the pressures of modern media, the value of retreat, and the search for stillness in everyday life. The conversation also touches on Leonard Cohen, the Dalai Lama, travel, love, community and the challenge of living meaningfully in a fast-moving world.

Session : Learning from Silence

Speakers : Pico Iyer

Moderator : Nandini Nair

24/01/2026 KLF Day -3

At the Kerala Literature Festival 2026, Shashi Tharoor breaks down the story behind India’s Constitution — from its creation to how it continues to evolve today.

Shashi Tharoor explains why it is called a “living document”, how amendments have shaped it, and why its future depends not just on laws, but on the people who operate it.

From Ambedkar’s vision to modern debates on rights, secularism, and governance — Shashi Tharoor offers insights that will make you rethink everything you know about the Constitution.

At the Kerala Literature Festival 2026, Shashi Tharoor breaks down the story behind India’s Constitution — from its creation to how it continues to evolve today.

Shashi Tharoor explains why it is called a “living document”, how amendments have shaped it, and why its future depends not just on laws, but on the people who operate it.

From Ambedkar’s vision to modern debates on rights, secularism, and governance — Shashi Tharoor offers insights that will make you rethink everything you know about the Constitution.