Inauguration of the Odisha Literary Festival 2024 at Bhubaneswar (L to R) Lakshmi Menon, CEO, The New Indian Express; Dr Haldhar Nag, Padma Shri poet and writer; Siba Mohanty, Resident Editor, The New Indian Express - Odisha 
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Odisha Literary Festival 2024 kicks off in Bhubaneswar

Day 1 of the much awaited two-day literary fest got off to an auspicious start with the traditional lighting of the lamp and the inaugural address by Lakshmi Menon, CEO, TNIE Group

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6:10 PM: End of Day 1!

6:05 PM: Odisha's former CM, Naveen Patnaik and The New Indian Express Editorial Director, Prabhu Chawla address OLF 2024 attendees

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6:00 PM: Former Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik takes the stage!

4:40 PM: Meena Kotwal and Meera Devi

3:50 PM: Devdutt Pattanaik

2:50 PM: Author Peggy Mohan

1:00 PM: Writers Gourahari Das, Basant Panda, Dr Sabita Pradhan and Swaraj Mishra

12:25 PM: Author and Former Diplomat Vikas Swarup

12:10 PM: Poet Megha Rao

11:25 AM: Authors Swapna and Madhulika Liddle

11:10 AM: Author Sohini Chattopadhyay

11 AM: Padma Shri Dr Haldhar Nag addresses the audience

10:30 AM: The Welcome Address

10 AM: The Inauguration

9 AM: The stage is set!