The Dinamalar Coral Festival will be held on September 12 at SRM University, Kattankulathur (Chennai). The event is being organised jointly by Dinamalar and SRM University’s Tamil Perayam.
Ahead of the festival, a commemorative postal stamp release was held on September 5 at Valluvar Kottam, Nungambakkam, where Vice President C.P. Radhakrishnan delivered a special address.
The festival will take place at the Dr T.P. Ganeshan Auditorium on the SRM campus, with Chancellor Parivendhar presiding. Cultural programmes are scheduled to begin at 9:30 am, followed by a welcome address by Karu Nagarasan, President of Tamil Perayam, and greetings by writer Indumathi.
At 10:30 am, writer Jeyamohan will speak on the theme of what a newspaper can achieve and what Dinamalar has accomplished. At 11:15 am, a political forum titled “Is Dinamalar’s political view partisan or non-partisan?” will be moderated by advocate Sumathi, with Vaigai Selvan (TVK), Sabapathi Mohan (DMK), A. Gopanna (Tamil Nadu Congress) and Aswathaman (BJP) sharing their views.
At 12:00 noon, Seeman, Chief Coordinator of Naam Tamilar Katchi, will speak on “Dinamalar and Me”. A live reader interaction with Dinamalar Joint Editor R. Krishnamoorthy is scheduled for 12:30 pm.
