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Odisha Literary Fest-2025 begins today with 'Notes from the field'

The New Indian Express Vijayawada

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September 06, 2025

ODISHA Literary Festival (OLF), eastern India's flagship literary event organised by The New Indian Express, is all set to kick off here on Saturday.

- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ Bhubaneswar

The two-day celebration of literature, arts, music and cinema will be inaugurated by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi at Hotel Mayfair Convention in the presence of editorial director of TNIE Prabhu Chawla, CEO of The New Indian Express Group Lakshmi Menon and resident editor of TNIE, Odisha, Siba Mohanty.

The 13th edition of the festival, themed 'Notes from the Field: New Narratives, Living Realities,' brings together 30 distinguished speakers across 16 specially-curated sessions.

Over two days, the OLF-2025 will gather a vibrant array of voices and diversity of ideas in a bid to create a space for dialogue and churn bold new narratives to shape India's social and cultural landscape.

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