5 Nepali writers to join the Kalinga Literary Festival in India as speakers, including legendary Nepali writer Tulasi Diwasa

New Delhi: Five Nepali writers to join as speakers at the Kalinga Literary Festival in India. Legendary  Nepalese literary figure and folklore expert Tulasi Diwasa will join the festival as guest of Honour and speaker. Noted poet  Dinesh Adhikari, noted  poet, writer Ranjana Niraula, debutant author   Sumit Sharma Sameer  and theatre activist Raj Shah will join the festival as speakers.

Noted  poet, writer Ranjana Niraula, debutant author  Sumit Sharma Sameer  will recive the prestigious KLF Book Awards on this occasion .

Tulasi Diwasa is a Nepalese literary figure and folklore expert. He is a prominent name in modern Nepali poetry. Professor Diwasa had served as Cultural Secretary at the Nepalese Embassy in the US and had also taught as a visiting professor at various universities abroad. He is now a life member of Nepal Academy and the President of Nepali Folklore Society (NFS). Professor Diwasa will be guest of honour in the inaugural ceremony of the festival and along legendary literary figures of South Asia. He will also participate in various session on South Asia folklore, folksong and folk culture . He will speak on recent trends on literature and recite Nepali poems on multilingual poetry session.

Noted Poet Dinesh Adhikari is a well-known poet and songwriter of Nepal. Adhikari’s poems and songs not only speak out the woes of the people but also strive to guide society to a good path. Poet and songwriter Adhikari is capable of taking on the darkest human realities in his writing. Adhikari uses indigenous phrases and metaphors to convey his feelings. Dinesh Adhikari has been honored with more than 20 major awards including the much-revered Madan Puraskar and Suprabal Gorkha Dakshinabahu. He will join as speakers in multiple session.

Noted  poet, writer Ranjana Niraula is a multifaceted personality from Nepal who juggles multiple roles in her daily life with equal panache. From being a popular poet in Nepali and English literature with a penchant to weave magic with her beautiful words and pictures to being a poet, editor, panelist, researcher, philanthropist, Academic, humanist, literary critics, curator to being a speaker, she handles each role with élan and confidence with a sole motive to excel and live up to the high expectations from her legions of fans spread across Nepal as well as the Subcontinent. She will receive KLF Book Awards for her Nepali book “Anubhuti Ka Abataran”. Her new English poetry book “The Rhythm of Pain” to be officially launched during the festival. The Rhythm of Pain published by reputed Indian Publisher Vitasta Publishing. Debutant writer Sumit Sharma Sameer  will receive KLF Book Award for his debut book ‘Wake Up Ali, Wake Up Now.’

The annual iconic Kalinga Literary Festival (KLF) is all set to run from 24th – 26^th February in the temple city of Bhubaneswar at Swosti Premium Hotel. Marking its ninth year, the festival will showcase a powerhouse of writers, speakers, thinkers, and humanitarians from all walks of life. The literary extravaganza will see a spectacular range of language diversity in the programme, represented by 10 countries and over 25 languages.

 For its 2023 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. It will feature a range of themes including the ongoing climate justice debate under the urgency of borrowed time theme; the great women writers and artists focusing on the female voice and identity, crime fiction, memoir, translation, poetry, economics, tech morality and Artificial Intelligence, the global crisis, cutting-edge science, India and the World, art and photography, health and medicine, amongst others.

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 2500 speakers & performers and welcomed booklovers from across the world since its inception in 2013.  The Kalinga Literary Festival is back with its 9th edition to invigorate, educate, provoke, and entertain as well. Celebrities from the worlds of literature, cinema, media and politics will assemble in the temple city of Odisha to deliberate on the theme of “India and the World”, at the Kalinga Literature Festival in Bhubaneswar, February 24-26, 2023.  Acclaimed writers from Nepal, Sri Lanka, Japan, UK, Italy, South Africa, Austria will join the festival as speakers. Over 100 artists will join Kalinga Art Festival.

Kalinga Literary Festival is well known for its socially relevant themes and in a way compels all ‘creative’ people to think and articulate ‘the contemporary’. Like its past editions the KLF this year also has a hard-hitting theme for writers, poets and artists to ponder on.  This year Central theme of the Kalinga Literary Festival is Central Theme: “India and the World”.