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  • Saturday, 5 July, 2025

Second Edition of Surya Nepal Kathmandu Kalinga Literary Festival Kicks

Kathmandu:  2nd Surya Nepal Kathmandu Kalinga Literary Festival (KLF) Kicks Off at Kathmandu today.

Foreign Minister of Nepal, Mr. NP Saud was chief guest in the inaugural ceremony. Acclaimed Indian economist, Chairman of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Economic Advisory Council, Writer, Dr. Bibek Debroy, linguistics Dr. Madhav Prasad Pokhrel, Chancellor, Nisha Sharma, Surya Nepal MD, Ravi Rayavaram, LIC Nepal, Deputy CEO, Mr. Tuntun Burnawal joined as Guests of Honour in the inaugural ceremony.

In the inaugural ceremony The Yashaswi Sahitya Sanman conferred upon legendary Nepalese writer Dr. Madhav Prasad Pokhrel, Indian writer Prof. Awadhesh Pradhan and actress-writer Divya Dutta. Over 400 writers from Nepal, India, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka joining the festival.

On the first day of the two-day program, 20 sessions were held simultaneously in two halls of Hotel Himalaya. Ranjana Niraula, director of Surya Nepal Kathmandu Kalinga Literary Festival, gave her welcome speech and thanked everyone who helped to organize the event successfully. Similarly, speaking about the program, Rashmi Ranjan Parida, the founder of Kalinga Literary Festival believed that the This edition of KLF Kathmandu is designed to strengthen the civilizational, cultural, and spiritual
dialogue as well as literary perspectives in the South Asian Region. The festival will celebrate the journey of Nepal as a centre of Global Thought and it has emerged as a centre of South Asian Dialogue.

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