Noted Tamil poet Salma would inaugurate the SIWE-2016, which is envisaged as a celebration of literature with writers from various South Indian languages.
Besides Salma, Tamil writers Damayanthi, Isai, Devi Bharathi and Kannada writers Dr Na Mogasale, U Maheswari, Dhanajay Kumble and Thulasi Venugopal are among those who are expected to participate in the one-day event, the organisers said.
Malayalam writers T P Rajeevan, Anwar Ali, V M Girija, K Rajagopal and A C Sreehari would also take part in the programme, they added.
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