‘Literature festival encourage youth to pursue literature’

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Bhubaneswar, June 11: Appreciating the initiatives of Kalinga Literary Festival (KLF), eminent poet, critic and essayist Kedarnath Singh today  said that the greatest contribution of any literary festivals that are organized anywhere is to encourage the youth to pursue literature.

Dignitaries on stage in KLF
The second day of KLF witnessed discussions, debates and disagreements on issues of love, dance, exclusion and nationalism. The sessions built on the first day’s focus on peace, harmony, lived experience and feminism in literature.

Kalinga Literary Youth award was conferred upon thirty promising writers of Odisha. These awardees, working to promote Odia language, poetry and literature, were chosen from 30 different districts of Odisha.

Various sessions on Mystic Kalinga, Akbar, Indian cinema, short love stories, resurgence of nationalism, exclusion, poetry and popular lyrics was also staged.

The event was graced by Tarun Vijay, Ashok Maheswari, Bijayananda Singh, Zameer Uddin Shah, Vineet Kumar, Shazi Zaman, KLF Director Kamala Kanta Dash, Sagar Sarhadi, Soumendra Padhi, Monedeepa Sahoo, Baqir Shameem, Santanu Ganguly, Ravish Kumar, Vineet Kumar, Grindranath Jha, Aruna Mohanty, Subas Pani, Meera Das, Ileana Citaristi and Kedar Mishra.

Inaugurated the fourth edition of KLF, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said, “Art acts as a medium to explain literature to common people. KLF should be appreciated for creating a fusion of art and literature.”

The two-day festival at Mayfair received huge appreciation by followers on social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook. Popular Twitter celebrities like Anand Neel kantan, Sudarsan Pattnaik, Suhasini Haider, Ravi Mantha, Tarun Vijay shared widely about thought provoking and entertaining sessions at KLF. The KLF also received huge appreciation from Team Bahubali and its renowned director SS Rajamouli.

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