A range of cultural and awareness programmes are lined up across Kerala on Thursday. At Manakkad National College in Thiruvananthapuram, a mental health awareness programme will be held at 10.00 am. In Ernakulam, Patheyam Creations will stage the solo play ‘Appa’ at the Chavara Cultural Centre at 6.30 pm.

Thiruvananthapuram

• Press Club: Book launch of The Startup State written by Dr K C C Nair at the Keltron Sargga Samagamam. Minister P Rajeev – 4.00 pm
• Mascot Hotel: Workshop organised by the Chief Electoral Office on the theme Consent for All – 9.00 am
• Statue, Samskruthi Bhavan: Lecture by Bharatiya Vichara Kendra on The Contemporary Cultural Relevance of Swami Vivekananda’s Chicago Speech – 6.00 pm
• Manakkad National College: Mental health awareness programme – 10.00 am
• Sreekanteswaram NSS Karayogam Hall: Book launch of Sreekanteswaram Purappad written by Pratap Kizhakkemadham. Attended by Dr Achuthsankar S Nair – 4.00 pm

Ernakulam

• Panampilly Nagar, Export Inspection Agency: Inauguration of the Microbiology Lab by Nithin Kumar Yadav – 10.30 am
• Thevara, Sacred Heart College – Sargapatham 2K25 Literary Pentathlon
  Main Hall: Workshop on Defining Nationalism with Johny Lukose, M N Karassery, Rahul Easwar – 10.00 am
  Marian Hall: Essay writing competition – 10.30 am
  Sociology Hall: Extempore – 1.30 pm
  Quiz – 11.30 am, 2.30 pm
• Kacheripadi, Gandhi Bhavan: Joint memorial meeting for Swami Agnivesh, Dr K B Menon, and Nisar Ahmad, organised by Indian Socialist @ 90 committee – 4.30 pm
• Chavara Cultural Centre: Solo play ‘Appa’, presented by Patheyam Creations – 6.30 pm
• Ernakulathappan Ground: Antilia Archipelago Fest and Trade Fair – 11.00 am
• Changampuzha Cultural Centre: Bhasha Malayalam by Cherai Literary Collective – 10.00 am
  Drama Chevittorma by Dr Sreejith Raman – 6.00 pm