GENERAL
Kerala N.G.O. Union Ernakulam District: Seminar on ‘Capitalist interest and religious fundamentalism.’ All India Karshaka Thozhilali Union general secretary A. Vijayaraghavan to inaugurate, Mahatma Gandhi Town Hall, 3.30 p.m.
Kochi Corporation: Corporation budget approval meeting, Council Hall, 10.30 a.m.
National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS); National Human Rights Commission (NHRC): National seminar on ‘Ragging: Legal and human rights dimensions’, academic sessions: Alexander Jacob, Managing Director, Kerala Police Housing Corporation to speak on ‘Human Rights dimensions of ragging’, 10 a.m.; panel discussion on ‘Ragging – reasons and remedies’, 11.30 a.m., former Vice-Chancellor of NUALS N.K. Jayakumar to speak on ‘Ragging – impact on education and discipline’, 2 p.m., group discussion on ‘Towards a ragging-free India’, 3 p.m.
Indian Dental Association Kochi Branch: Monthly meeting and scientific session on stem cells, Park Central Hotel, Kaloor, 7.30 p.m.
Book Release: Poet Chemmanam Chacko to release O.N.V. Kurup’s memoirs ‘Pokkuveyil Mannilezhuthiyathu’, Public Library hall, 5 p.m.
Co-ordination Committee of Gandhian Organisations-Pakalveedu: Debate on freedom of expression, Tata Pipeline Road, Ayyappankavu, 11 a.m.
CULTURE
Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi; Kerala Fine Arts Society: Staging of drama ‘Nalloral Varum’ presented by Ochira Sariga, Fine Society hall, 6.45 p.m.
Artist Art Gallery: Exhibition of paintings ‘The Heart of Art’ by a group of artists, Bazaar Road, Mattancherry, 11 a.m.
RELIGION
Ravipuram Sree Krishnaswamy Temple: Festival, temple rituals, 4.30 a.m., Seeveli, 7.30 a.m., Narayaneeyam recital, 9 a.m.; Ottanthullal presented by Nelluvai Pradeep Nambisan, Bhakthiganasudha by Elamkulam Ragamalika, 5.30 p.m., music concert by Shankar Vinayak, 7 p.m., Thiruvathirakali by Thiruvathira Samajam, Ravipuram, 9 p.m.
