Raj Kiran | Kiran Desai | Kiran Kumar | Kiran | Raj Kiran (Bollywood actor) | Kiran Khan | Kiran Nagarkar | Kiran Nadar | Kiran Karnik | HAL Kiran |
However in 2011 the festival hit a set back when a number respected writers inclduding Kiran Dessai and Novel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk boycotted the event to protest against the Sri Lankan Government's alleged involvement in attacks on journalists and writers.