Bhubaneswar, Jan 8: The 11th edition of Kalinga Literary Festival (KLF), a premier platform for intellectual and creative exchange, is all set to take place in Bhubaneswar from March 21 to 23, 2025.
The festival will be held in three venues of the temple city – Mayfair Lagoon, Kala Bhoomi and Guru Kelu Charan Mohapatra Odissi Research Centre.
This festival promises an unparalleled celebration of ideas, languages, and cultures, bringing together over 500 writers, thinkers, idealists, realists, visionaries, intellectuals, avant-garde practitioners, the iconoclasts, thought leaders and visionaries from across the globe, representing over 25 languages.
For its 2025 edition, the Festival will host over 500 speakers from across a vast array of nationalities, as well as recipients of major awards such as the Nobel, the Booker, International Booker, the Sahitya Akademi and many more.
The key sessions will be on topics such cultural nationalism, female voice and identity, crime fiction, memoir, translation, poetry, economics, Generation Y, Indian Languages, publishing industry , mythology, Media, Market, Children, Women, Transgender, Citizen Engagement, Cinema, Sports, Ethics, tech morality and Artificial Intelligence, the global crisis , cutting-edge science, India and World, art and photography, Discrimination, Revolutions, Peace building, Conflict Resolution and Harmony. There will be several one to one sessions with leading experts on the subjects. There will be a story telling sessions promise to add new flavor to the literary spirit of the festival.
Every year, the Festival brings together a diverse mix of the world’s greatest writers, thinkers, humanitarians, politicians, business leaders, sports people and entertainers on one stage to champion the freedom to express and engage in thoughtful debate and dialogue. The Festival has hosted nearly 4000 speakers & performers and welcomed booklovers from across the world since its inception in 2013.
The Kalinga Literary Festival is back with its 10th edition to invigorate, educate, provoke and entertain as well. Acclaimed writers from Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Indonesia, Japan, UK, Spain, France, USA and other countries will join the festival as speakers. Over 100 artists will join Kalinga Art Festival.
In a reverent celebration of our shared heritage, the festival aims to rekindle the flame of inspiration from our ancestors' wisdom, demonstrating its profound relevance in today's world. The three-day festival will cover several dimensions of the interconnections between Literature, freedom, Republican values, cultural diversity, and social equity.
