8th Mysuru Literature Festival — English Events at Jyothi Hall of Hotel Southern Star ­— Panel: Staged readings by members of the Mysore English Theatre Forum — Panellists: Nima Manjrekar, Thrilochan Sharma, Meenu Lalwani, Seemanthini B. Sharma, Abhishek Veeraraghavan, Anuradha Nandakumar, A.K. Monnappa, C.S. Janardan and Shashidhara Dongre, 9.30 am to 10.30 am; Release of book ‘Power Within – The Leadership Legacy of Narendra Modi’ (authored by Dr. R. Balasubramaniam) by Dr. Vikram Sampath. Copy will be received by Sudhanva Dhananjaya, Moderator – Deepthi Navaratna; Panel: ‘Braving to write about icons with millions of followers: challenges and trials,’ 10 am to 11 am; Panel: Between two knocks. Sakina’s Kiss — Panellists: Vivek Shanbhag, Srinath Perur, Sita Bhaskar and Jayashree Jagannatha, 11 am to 12 noon; Panel: Ancient history and contemporary consequences — Panellists: Dr. Vikram Sampath and Prof. G L. Shekar, 12 noon to 1 pm; Panel: Spy Adventures. How to keep readers on edge? — Panellists: Harish Vasudevan, Dev Prasad, Kiron K. Abraham and Mark David Abott, 1 pm to 1.45 pm; Panel: Living With Snakes — Panellist: Gerry Martin, 1.45 pm to 2.15 pm; Panel: The Alchemy of crossing over — Panellists: Suchita Sanjay, Preethi Nagaraj, Deepa Kannan, Wanita Ashok, Yasmin Sait and Miho Sakata Malha, 2.15 pm to 3.15 pm; Kannada Events at Gardenia (By the Pool) of Hotel Southern Star ­— Panel: Eka Vyakti Taalamaddale. Akhyana: Ravana Tangi Kavi, Parthisubba — Panellists: Prasthuti – Diwakar Hegde, Kerehonda, Bhagavatharu – Prasanna Hegde, Maagodu, Maddale – Chinmai, Ambaaragodlu, 9.30 am to 10.30 am; Panellists: Girish Kasaravalli, Deepa Ravishankar and Gopalakrishna Pai, 10.30 am to 11.30 am; Panel: Nagisuvavana Manada Maathu — Panellists: Gangavathi Pranesh and Dr. Madhuri Kulakarni, 11.30 am to 12.15 pm; Panel: Antarjala yugadalli sambandhagala suligalu — Panellists: Usha Narasimhan, B.R. Nagarathna. N. Sandhya Rani and Vasumathi Udupa, 12.15 pm to 1.15 pm; Panel: Online sambandhagala samajadalli kavanagala prastutathe — Panellists: H.S. Shivaprakash, Dr. B.R. Shruthi, Madhurani, Arif Raza, Rajendra Prasad, M.S. Shekhar, 1.15 pm to 2.15 pm; Panel: Prakashana Kale – Odugara mathu lekhakara naduvina kondi — Panellists: Jameel Savanna, Pratibha Chayapathi, Ningaraju Chittannanavar, Abhiruchi Ganesh and Meena Mysuru, 2.15 pm to 3.15 pm; Panel: Bhasha panditya srujanasheelatheyannu masuku maaduvude? — Panellist: Dr. Kabbinale Vasanth Bharadwaj, 3.15 pm to 3.45 pm; Panel: Agnatha alemaari kalaavidara jothege 60 nimishagalu — Panellists: Shillekyathara Manjunath, Helavarasolina Mallaiah, Music mathu Magic Kalavida Syed Moula, Dombara Narasimha mathu Rani, AIR Mysuru Asst. Director Abdul Rashid, 3.45 pm to 4.45 pm; Panel: Bhashanthara: Samskruthika sambandhagala jaalataanada password — Panellists: Dr. Pradan Gurudatta, Vikram Chaduranga and Dharmendra Kumar, 4.45 pm to 5.30 pm; Panel: Samaja para Police: Balaadya hrudayavantike — Panellist: Ravi D. Channannavar, 5.30 pm to 6.15 pm.