Odisha Literary Festival 2024: Day 2 Highlights

With renowned authors, poets and actors taking the stage, OLF Day 2 concluded with exciting, engaging and meaningful conversations!

Odisha Deputy Chief Minister K V Singh Deo addresses the gathering at OLF 2024

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22 Sep 2024, 3:57 am

Updated on:

22 Sep 2024, 11:34 am

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Kathak dancer Manjari Chaturvedi in a conversation with senior journalist Kaveree Bamzai on 'Tawaifs and Other Truths: In Their Own Tongue' at OLF 2024

Kathak dancer Manjari Chaturvedi in a conversation with senior journalist @kavereeb on 'Tawaifs and Other Truths: In Their Own Tongue' at #OLF2024.@AdityaBirlaGrp @Eventxpress @NewIndianXpress @PrabhuChawla @santwana99 @kavereeb @oxfordbookstore @NALCO_India @JSPLCorporate pic.twitter.com/yGDzdI7Lqo
— indulgexpress (@indulgexpress) September 22, 2024

Actors Faisal Malik and Durgesh Kumar speak on 'Postcards from Phulera: The Village as Muse' at OLF 2024

Actors @malikfeb and Durgesh Kumar speak on 'Postcards from Phulera: The Village as Muse' at #OLF2024.@AdityaBirlaGrp @Eventxpress @NewIndianXpress @PrabhuChawla @santwana99 @kavereeb @oxfordbookstore @NALCO_India @JSPLCorporate pic.twitter.com/IuD7Ypc4rB
— indulgexpress (@indulgexpress) September 22, 2024

Actor and Director MK Raina talks about ‘Finding Solace: Theatre and Therapy’ at the 8th session on Day II of OLF 2024

Actor and Director MK Raina talks about ‘Finding Solace: Theatre and Therapy’ at the 8th session on Day 2 of #OLF2024. @AdityaBirlaGrp @Eventxpress @NewIndianXpress @PrabhuChawla @santwana99 @kavereeb @oxfordbookstore @NALCO_India @JSPLCorporate pic.twitter.com/EqtU5DYrxC
— indulgexpress (@indulgexpress) September 22, 2024

Author Hindol Sengupta opines on ‘The art of biography’ at the 7th session on Day 2 of OLF 2024

Author Hindol Sengupta opines on ‘The art of biography’ at the 7th session on Day 2 of #OLF2024. @AdityaBirlaGrp @Eventxpress @NewIndianXpress @PrabhuChawla @santwana99 @HindolSengupta @KIITUniversity @oxfordbookstore @NALCO_India @JSPLCorporate pic.twitter.com/G7IHQOU7AZ
— indulgexpress (@indulgexpress) September 22, 2024

Author Divya Prakash Dubey speaks on ‘Chote Shehar, Badi Kahaniyan’ during the 6th session on Day II of OLF 2024

Author @divyapdubey speaks on ‘Chote Shehar, Badi Kahaniyan’ during the 6th session on Day II of #OLF2024.@AdityaBirlaGrp @Eventxpress @NewIndianXpress @PrabhuChawla @santwana99 @KIITUniversity @oxfordbookstore @NALCO_India @JSPLCorporate pic.twitter.com/CyGEFwYKWv
— indulgexpress (@indulgexpress) September 22, 2024

Authors Shabnam Minwalla and Andaleeb Wajid speak on ‘Writing for Young Adults’ in the 5th session on Day II at OLF 2024 in Bhubaneswar

Authors Shabnam Minwalla and @andaleebwajid speak on ‘Writing for Young Adults’ in the 5th session on Day 2 at #OLF24.@AdityaBirlaGrp @Eventxpress @NewIndianXpress @PrabhuChawla @santwana99 @kavereeb @KIITUniversity @oxfordbookstore @NALCO_India @JSPLCorporate pic.twitter.com/qlZMdhO6LG
— indulgexpress (@indulgexpress) September 22, 2024

A translator is also the final interpreter, which makes it important for him/her to understand the original language well: writer Sangram Jena

A translator is also the final interpreter which makes it important for him/her to understand the original language well: writer Sangram Jena at #OLF2024 @NewIndianXpress @PrabhuChawla @AdityaBirlaGrp @santwana99 @Siba_TNIE @Eventxpress pic.twitter.com/NDzpoHlaAy
— TNIE Odisha (@XpressOdisha) September 22, 2024

Writers Chinmay Hota, Sangram Jena, Snehaprabha Das, and Asit Mohanty discuss ‘Translation handicap for Odia literature’

Writers Chinmay Hota, Sangram Jena, Snehaprabha Das, and Asit Mohanty talk about ‘Translation handicap for Odia literature’ at #OLF2024. @AdityaBirlaGrp @Eventxpress @NewIndianXpress @PrabhuChawla @santwana99 @KIITUniversity @oxfordbookstore @NALCO_India @JSPLCorporate pic.twitter.com/syLeTgYOaG
— indulgexpress (@indulgexpress) September 22, 2024

The habit of reading should be inculcated from an early age: Author Novoneel Chakraborty

The habit of reading should be inculcated among children from an early age: Author Novoneel Chakraborty at #OLF2024 @NewIndianXpress @PrabhuChawla @AdityaBirlaGrp @santwana99 @Siba_TNIE @Eventxpress @indulgexpress @KIITUniversity pic.twitter.com/9rLibMRkux
— TNIE Odisha (@XpressOdisha) September 22, 2024

Author Novoneel Chakraborty on ‘Thrills and Spills: Sparking the Imagination’

Author @novoxeno on ‘Thrills and Spills’ at #OLF2024. @AdityaBirlaGrp @Eventxpress @NewIndianXpress @PrabhuChawla @santwana99 @KIITUniversity @oxfordbookstore @NALCO_India @JSPLCorporate pic.twitter.com/OoGtB1Jgfw
— indulgexpress (@indulgexpress) September 22, 2024

Author Yatindra Mishra recites his poem on Odisha's heritage crafts village Raghurajpur

Author @YatindraKiDaak recites his poem on #Odisha's heritage crafts village #Raghurajpur at #OLF2024.#OLF2024 @AdityaBirlaGrp @Eventxpress @NewIndianXpress @PrabhuChawla @santwana99 @kavereeb @KIITUniversity @oxfordbookstore @NALCO_India @JSPLCorporate pic.twitter.com/RhyP9fRD9l
— indulgexpress (@indulgexpress) September 22, 2024

Author Yatindra Mishra speaks about ‘Writing on Music: From Begum Akhtar to Gulzar’ on Day 2

Author @Yatindra76 speaks about ‘Writing on Music: From Begum Akhtar to Gulzar’ at the 2nd session on Day 2 of #OLF2024.#OLF2024 @AdityaBirlaGrp @Eventxpress @NewIndianXpress @PrabhuChawla @santwana99 @kavereeb @KIITUniversity @oxfordbookstore @NALCO_India @JSPLCorporate pic.twitter.com/JZlIpWMfRa
— indulgexpress (@indulgexpress) September 22, 2024

I am from the Ayodhya Raj Pariwar, seventh generation. However, the real raja (king) is Lord Ram: Author @Yatindra76 to @kavereeb at #OLF2024 @NewIndianXpress @AdityaBirlaGrp @PrabhuChawla @santwana99 @Siba_TNIE @Eventxpress pic.twitter.com/jZJwB3x7Fy
— TNIE Odisha (@XpressOdisha) September 22, 2024

The New Indian Express Editorial Director, Prabhu Chawla and Odisha Deputy Chief Minister, K V Singh Deo on the dais

Deputy CM @KVSinghDeo1 joins @NewIndianXpress Editorial Director @PrabhuChawla for the first session on Day II at #OLF2024. @AdityaBirlaGrp @Eventxpress @NewIndianXpress @PrabhuChawla @santwana99 @KIITUniversity @oxfordbookstore @NALCO_India @JSPLCorporate pic.twitter.com/vASwDb6Rt6
— indulgexpress (@indulgexpress) September 22, 2024

Winners of the poetry competition

Winners of the poetry competition with Odisha Deputy CM @KVSinghDeo1, @NewIndianXpress Editorial Director @PrabhuChawla and @XpressOdisha Resident Editor @Siba_TNIE and jury members at #OLF2024.@AdityaBirlaGrp @Eventxpress @santwana99 @KIITUniversity @oxfordbookstore pic.twitter.com/VnPjWXtNOy
— indulgexpress (@indulgexpress) September 22, 2024

Students from various schools recite poems at OLF 2024

#OLF2024 sessions on Day 2 kicks off with a poetry competition. @AdityaBirlaGrp @Eventxpress @NewIndianXpress @PrabhuChawla @KVSinghDeo1 @santwana99 @KIITUniversity @oxfordbookstore @NALCO_India @JSPLCorporate pic.twitter.com/wHGgJw7fnc
— indulgexpress (@indulgexpress) September 22, 2024