Santhakumaran Thampi Foundation
Santhakumaran Thampi Foundation was formed in 2006 with Bangalore as its center. The foundation started its activities by organizing literary conferences and book discussions in the city of Bangalore. Since 2008 annual literary conferences are being held.
Santham Magazine
Santham is a literary and cultural magazine published since 2012. Santham regularly publishes articles and interviews in the fields of art, literature and culture.
The festival strives to bring together not just writers but theatre activists, filmmakers, bloggers, artists and the youth. The two day festival will bring in talks on contemporary issues and literary trends, panel discussions, author’s meet, bloggers meet, book exhibition and book launches.
The focus of festival is to celebrate languages and cultures.
AWARDS
The Santham Award is presented every year for overall contribution in the fields of literature and culture. C.V Balakrishnan, Ambikasuthan Mangad, Dr K Sreekumar, MG Sasibhushan and others have won Santham award.
