Rotaract Club of College of Chemical Sciences

By Rtr. Prasadie Karunaratne The 2019 edition of 'Annasi & Kadalagotu' (A & K) literature festival was successfully held on the 20th of October at the iconic Mount Lavinia Hotel for the fifth consecutive year under the patronage of the prime mover of the festival, Captain Elmo Jayewardene. The core objective of Capt. Elmo Jayewardene was to push the perimeters of home-grown literature with the slogan – ‘simply literature, simply local’, making literature available for all that are influenced and fascinated in the art of storytelling. Entrance for the full day festival was affordable at just one hundred Rupees to encourage the core objective and the theme of the literature festival, that literature should be enjoyed in its own pace, just like as you would nibble upon slices of annasi (pineapple) and kadala (chickpea) in gotu (paper pouches). A & K lit fest brought together a variety of writers, poets, musicians, dramatists, journalists and