Odisha Lit Fest gets off to a vibrant celebration

ODISHA Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Saturday called upon litterateurs to preserve the core values of state's culture, tradition and literature amid the rapid transformation taking place across the social and cultural fabric of the country.

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Inaugurating the 13th edition of the Odisha Literary Festival (OLF) in the presence of TNIE editorial director Prabhu Chawla, CEO Lakshmi Menon and resident editor for Odisha Siba Mohanty here, the chief minister also asserted the importance of tribal languages and stated Odia Asmita (Odia pride) is incomplete without them. The state government is thus making every effort to preserve and promote the tribal languages, he said.