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KIMS Bhubaneswar Cardiac Surgeon Dr Satyajit Samal Honoured Prestigious AATS Foundation Award in Chicago

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CM Majhi and Vedanta Chairman Discuss Progress of  Vedanta Projects in Odisha

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Odisha UG Admissions 2026–27: Apply Online on SAMS Portal from May 27

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KVIC Releases Provisional Data for Financial Year 2025-26; Chairman Manoj Kumar highlights PM Narendra Modi’s guidance in infusing new momentum into rural economy through initiatives like ‘Vocal for Local’ and ‘Local to Global’

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Jindal Panther launches 'Shaant City, Safe City' campaign; Study finds 87% of Bhubaneswar residents consider traffic noise a major health concern

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Ambuja Delivered Highest Ever Annual Volume of 73.7 MnT with Annual EBITDA of Rs 887 PMT

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Odisha Matric Exam Result 2026 to Be Declared on May 2

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Odisha Government Proposes New Framework for Metro Project Linking Puri, Bhubaneswar, and Cuttack
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Odisha Declared Maoist-Free : DGP YB Khurania

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For over a year, the #KLF Readers’ Club has been actively working in Bhubaneswar to advance this vision by organizing regular reading sessions, community interactions, and youth engagement initiatives—encouraging students and young readers not only to read, but to engage with, discuss, and appreciate books and our rich literary heritage.

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Heartfelt congratulations to Padma Bhushan Dr. Pratibha Ray on being conferred the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, India’s highest literary honour.

For over a decade, she has been a guiding presence for Kalinga Literary Festival, shaping conversations, inspiring audiences, and enriching our journey.

Her work continues to give voice to the unheard and connect generations through literature.

We are proud, grateful, and inspired.

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KLF Book Awards 2026 Longlist Announced

Hindi Debut

The wait is over!
We are excited to unveil the Hindi Debut Longlist for the KLF Book Awards 2026—celebrating fresh voices and new perspectives that are redefining contemporary Hindi writing.

These debut works bring forward powerful narratives, bold ideas, and unique storytelling, marking the arrival of promising new authors in the literary landscape.

Longlisted Titles:

स्मृति और दंश : विभाजन, निरंतरता और तीसरी पीढ़ी — Balwant Kaur (Rajkamal Prakashan)
जब हर हँसी संदिग्ध थी — Parag Pavan (Rajkamal Prakashan)
शेष रहेगा प्रेम — Rashmi Kulshreshtha (Shivna Prakashan)
धरा के अंक में — Shweta Upadhyay (Jansabha)
बिना मुरादों वाला दिया — Rekha Jha (Rajkamal Prakashan)
सरक़श फ़क़ीर : साहिर लुधियानवी की जीवन यात्रा — Dr. Ratan Lal Mahendragarhi (New World Publication)
चन्दन किवाड़ — Malini Awasthi (Vani Prakashan)

The winners will be conferred during the inaugural ceremony of Kalinga Literary Festival Indraprastha.

Join us as we celebrate emerging voices that promise to shape the future of Hindi literature.

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We are thrilled to announce that 'Harvesting Gods' by Satya Mohanty, published by Speaking Tiger, is on the longlist for the Poetry Collection at the Kalinga Literary Festival Book Awards 2026.

‘Harvesting Gods’ by Satya Mohanty is one of those beautiful treasures that explores what survives in a broken world. It asks what survives when myths are weaponised, when the earth gives way, when memory becomes the only home left. And it answers not with certainty, but with raw, searching and achingly human feelings.

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We are delighted to announce that 'Searches' by Vauhini Vara, published by HarperCollins India, is on the longlist for Best Nonfiction at the Kalinga Literary Festival Book Awards 2026.

In 'Searches', Vauhini Vara explores the rapidly evolving relationship between humans and artificial intelligence. Drawing from her own experiences as a technology journalist and writer, Vara reflects on the unsettling and fascinating moment when she asked ChatGPT to write about her sister’s death, producing a result that was both moving and deeply disquieting. Blending personal narrative with sharp technological insight, the book examines how digital platforms and AI tools are reshaping creativity, identity and human connection in an age increasingly shaped by technological capitalism.

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We are pleased to announce that 'The Elsewhereans' by Jeet Thayil, published by HarperCollins India, is on the longlist for Best Fiction at the Kalinga Literary Festival Book Awards 2026.

Across continents and generations, 'The Elsewhereans' traces lives shaped by movement, memory and separation. In this genre-defying work, Jeet Thayil blends fiction, memoir, travel writing and family history to follow journeys that stretch from the backwaters of Kerala to the streets of Bombay, Hong Kong and Paris. Moving through decades of departure and return, the novel reflects on migration, loss and the delicate threads that bind identity to place.

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We are pleased to announce that 'Rising Sons' by Kavery Nambisan, published by Penguin Random House India, is on the longlist for Best Fiction at the Kalinga Literary Festival Book Awards 2026.

Relationships are kept together by delicate threads. In 'Rising Sons', Kavery Nambisan explores the fragile ties between fathers and sons, husbands and wives, and families and the communities that surround them. Set in a small village in pre-independent Karnataka, the novel follows Devaraya, a Brahmin patriarch whose carefully ordered world begins to unravel when a secret from the past resurfaces. As the tremors of the Independence movement reach the village, personal loyalties and social divisions collide.

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We are pleased to announce that 'Absolute Jafar' by Sarnath Banerjee, published by HarperCollins India, is on the longlist for Best Fiction at the Kalinga Literary Festival Book Awards 2026.

Lives shaped by migration often carry stories that stretch across borders and generations. In 'Absolute Jafar', Sarnath Banerjee traces the intertwined lives of Brighu and his son Jafar across cities, memories and histories. As Jafar grows up in Berlin, far from the subcontinent that shaped his parents’ lives, Brighu fills his son’s world with stories of a fading home, of sultans and jinns, street food and eccentric relatives, of Delhi, Calcutta and Karachi. Through humour, nostalgia and quiet reflection, the novel becomes a poignant meditation on belonging, memory and the complicated inheritance of identity.

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We are pleased to announce that 'The Beast Within' by Rudraneil Sengupta, published by Westland Books, is on the longlist for Best Fiction at the Kalinga Literary Festival Book Awards 2026.

Not every death tells its story at first glance. In 'The Beast Within', Rudraneil Sengupta begins with the fall of a young domestic worker from the terrace of an affluent Delhi home, a tragedy quickly dismissed as an accident or suicide. But when Inspector Kumar of the Crime Branch takes a closer look, the case slowly unravels into something far more troubling. As the investigation moves through the layered worlds of the city, the novel exposes the hidden tensions, inequalities and quiet violence that run beneath the surface of everyday life.

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We are delighted to announce that 'The Dig: Keeladi and the Politics of India's Past' by Sowmiya Ashok, published by Hachette India, is on the longlist for Best Debut (Across Genres) at the Kalinga Literary Festival Book Awards 2026.

History is rarely unearthed without a little dust and debate. In 'The Dig: Keeladi and the Politics of India's Past', Sowmiya Ashok follows the trail of the Keeladi excavation, one of India’s most debated archaeological discoveries in recent years. What begins as a search for the story of an ancient settlement soon opens into a wider journey across excavation sites, historical arguments and the politics that shape how we interpret the past.

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With great pleasure, we announce that 'Shattered Lands' by Sam Dalrymple, published by HarperCollins India, is on the longlist for Best Debut (Across Genres) at the Kalinga Literary Festival Book Awards 2026.

Borders often appear permanent on maps, but history tells a far more restless story. In 'Shattered Lands', Sam Dalrymple traces the dramatic unravelling of the Indian Empire and the five partitions that reshaped a vast region once bound under a single imperial rule. Drawing on archival research, memoirs and voices from across the subcontinent, the book reveals how political ambitions, conflicts and shifting alliances changed boundaries and lives alike.

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