The Kalinga literary Festival's second day here on Saturday began with an inaugural session which was moderated by Central University of Odisha, Koraput VC Prof Sachidananda Mohanty in the august presence of panelists including Sanjeev Sanyal, Paramita Satpathy and Mridula Garg.
Prof Mohanty spoke about the essence of celebration of such events and focused on the central theme of the day i.e. art of mentoring to promote qualitative literature. He said about professional approaches in the society, how somebody needs to be professional in terms of punctuality and identifying right people etc. He also said the KlF is giving a grand platform for assemblage of young, old and middle aged writers under one roof. He added that inter-disciplinary action towards literature is needed while equity and equality and justice in the society are very important in terms of literature.
Other panelists conveyed that the sole of the civilization is renewed by effective use of literature. So let the youths of the country write innovative ideas. Eminent personalities shared the values of leadership and aspiration of youths for the development of new India.
A special discussion session was held with MP and founder of KISS Dr Achyuta Samanta.
The Kalinga literary Youth Awards were conferred on 28 young, energetic and innovative personalities across the State for the notable contribution to the field of literature. Parallel sessions were held where writers and readers interpersonally connected to share their views on the critical issues and further development of the society. Discussions were mainly held on future of art education, aspiration and young India, travelogue and literature, women in literature, modern writers in new genres, transition from news to social media, transcending gender boundaries, etc along with multilingual poetry recitation, story telling sessions, one-on-one discussion etc.