Kathmandu: Eight writers from Nepal to join as speakers at the Kalinga Literary Festival in India. Nepalese Billionaire, Philanthropist, literary figure Dr. Binod Chaudhary will join the festival as guest of Honour and speaker. Popular Nepal writer, Journalist Dhirendra Premarshi, noted writer Rohini Ranjan, writer and curator and Founder of Kathmandu KLF Ranjana Niraula, Novelist Suman Barsha, Journalist Birat Anupam , Poet Rupa Jha, Poet Kewora Bhattrai will join the festival as speakers. Writers from will participate over 10 sessions on various global literature sessions. Two sessions are also exclusively dedicated in Nepali language.
Dr. Binod Chaudhary’s latest book is titled “Made in Nepal: Lessons in Business Building from the Land of Everest,” will be release on the inaugural ceremony of 12th Kalinga Literary Festival at Bhubaneswar. The book detailing his entrepreneurial journey, contrasting with his previous memoir, “Making It Big”. This new book, published by Harper Business India, focuses on building businesses from the ground up in Nepal, sharing insights on resilience and expanding globally, building on his Wai Wai noodle success. For Dr. Binod Chaudhary, life doesnt stop after making it big.
He is forever relentless in his pursuit of making it bigger. Wai Wai, his popular noodle brand, is no longer limited to neighbouring India, it has expanded its tentacles across geographies as varied as Serbia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Bangladesh and Egypt. Despite the passing decade, Binod, a quintessential rebel, ready to push all boundaries, is still fighting fit, looking to pit his pawn against a rivalsknight, usually to the lattersdetriment. In Made in Nepal, Binod details his forays in businesses such as cement, hospitality, telecom, banking and the challenges he takes head on, sometimes succeeding, sometimes learning. Furthermore, Binod takes readers through his political encounters, his succession plan and how he perceives the future of his business empire that has been both a labour of love and the work of a lifetime.
The annual iconic Kalinga Literary Festival (KLF) is all set to run from 8th January 2026 March –11th January 2026 in the temple city of Bhubaneswar at Mayfair Convention, Mayfair Lagoon. Marking its 12th 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 program, represented by 10 countries and over 25 languages.
For its 2026 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 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.
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. It should be noted that on January 8 to 11 2026 – The temple city of Bhubaneswar is poised to unfurl the timeless sagas of literature. Kalinga Literary Festival (KLF) is humbly set to embark on its 12th edition, knitting together a mosaic of diverse literary forms ranging from poetry and politics to art and athletics. The Festival’s beating heart, themed “Literature and the world: Inclusion, Identity and Belonging,” will pulse with the collective rhythm of over 500 esteemed speakers, including poets, musicians, artists, and performers. 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.
