Kalinga Literary Festival 2021 begins: Srinivas Udgata, Arun Kamal, Divya Dutta obtain Awards

Bhubaneswar: The eighth version of the Kalinga Literary Festival (KLF) was inaugurated right here right this moment by Odisha Tourism Minister, Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi.
While talking on the event Panigrahi stated that for the final eight years Kalinga Literary Festival has set a nationwide benchmark in literary festivals. KLF is well-known for its socially related themes and in a approach compels all ‘creative’ individuals to assume and articulate ‘the contemporary’.
Business journalist Tamal Bandopadhyay, Bollywood actress Divya Dutta and Sudha Murty, spouse of Infosys founder Narayan Murty and former West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi have been amongst others who acquired awards for his or her books on the inaugural day of Kalinga Literary Festival 2021 within the temple metropolis of Bhubaneswar.
Padmashree Srinivas Udgata was given with Kalinga Literary Award and Arun Kamal was awarded with Kalinga Literary International award.
Bigger than ever earlier than, the eighth version of the competition will carry nationally and internationally acclaimed names on one platform to debate, debate and discover commonalities within the numerous voices in literature, stated Rashmi Ranjan Parida, the founder-director of KLF.
A complete of 30 awards got away to eminent authors and translators of reputation by the organisers of Kalinga Literary Festival on its eighth version held right here. The names have been determined for the previous two years for the reason that competition couldn’t be organised final 12 months because of Civid pandemic.
Tamal Bandopadhyay was awarded the most effective author within the Economy class for his e book “Pandemonium: The Great Indian Banking Tragedy”.
For the non-fiction class, Sandeep Bamzai’s e book “Princestan: How Nehru, Patel and Mountbatten Made India” was chosen amongst different two books in the identical class.
For the Children’s literature part Sudha Murty was chosen for her e book referred to as “Grandparents’ Bag of Stories”. Rashid Kidwai’s e book “Bharat Ke Pradhan Mantri” was chosen for the autobiography class.
Former West Bengal Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi was chosen for his e book on Mahatma Gandhi whereas Bollywood actress Divya Dutta was awarded with Kalinga Literary (Woman Writer) Award throughout the occasion.
Speaking about her profession in Bollywood and about rejections in her preliminary days Dutta stated, “I am now romancing with heroes in my 40s which I had dreamt of during my 20s. But I am doing it because I know that the work you do will remain forever if you have invested your passion in it.”
While commenting that the film ‘Veer Zara’ has been a milestone in her profession, she stated the inspirations have compelled her to jot down her e book “Stars in My Sky.”
The three-day extravaganza of literature, artwork, tradition and dialog will characteristic poetry classes, panel discussions, discuss reveals and plenty of extra in 45 classes.