Past festivals
2025
1–2 February 2025 · The Ranch, Odisha
The programme
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Day 01 01 Feb 2025
Inaugural Session
10.30-12.00
THE RANCH, Mangalpur, Nirmala, Odisha 752046
Welcome Address: JP Jagdev
Inaugurator: Sanjeeb Kumar Mishra, IAS, Principal Secretary Odia Language, Literature & Culture Dept.
Chief Guest: Shri Sharan Kumar Limbale, Eminent Writer
Guests of Honour : Chandrahas Choudhury Eminent Indian English Writer, Ayaz Rasool Nazki Distinguished Poet & Author , Dr.Raja Rajeswari Seetha Raman, Eminent Malaysian Poet
Keynote Address: Dr. Prafulla Kumar Mohanty, Eminent Educationist & Writer
Chair: Paresh Kumar Patnaik
Award: Conferment of 2 nd JMNAfL 2025 on Vinita Agrawal
Felicitation of the Juries
Felicitation of the Guests
Release of Toshali Anthology of Poetry
Release of New Books
Release of February Issue of kabitalive.com
Vote of thanks
In Conversation
12.15-01.00
THE RANCH, Mangalpur, Nirmala, Odisha 752046
JMNAfl Awardees Vinita Agrawal & Gopal Lahiri with Mahua Sen.
Panel Discussion: Life & Literature
01.00-01.45
THE RANCH, Mangalpur, Nirmala, Odisha 752046
Chair: Dr. Basanta Kumar Panda
Co-Chair: Dipak Samantarai
Panelist : Dr. Sukanti Mohapatra ,Raja Chakraborty & Dr.Adyasha Das
Panel Discussion: Challenges in Translations
2.45-3.45
THE RANCH, Mangalpur, Nirmala, Odisha 752046
Chair: Mrutyunjay Sarangi
Panelists: Prof. Jatin Nayak , Dr Sangram Jena, Dr. Gourahari Das
Moderator: Dr. Nidhi Garg
In Conversation
4.00-5.00
THE RANCH, Mangalpur, Nirmala, Odisha 752046
Amit Agrawal with Anish Kanjilal.
Poetry Reading Session (English)
5.45-6.30
THE RANCH, Mangalpur, Nirmala, Odisha 752046
Chair: Dr. Raja Rajeswari Seetha Raman
Co- Chair: Aneek Chatterjee , Sarbajit Sarkar
Moderators: Shakuntala Gupta , Dr. Vedula Ramalakshmi
Participants: (30)
Cultural Programme
6.45-8.00
THE RANCH, Mangalpur, Nirmala, Odisha 752046
Film Screening By Ms.Nisha Luthra / Music Programme by Sujata Sahu.
Day 02 02 Feb 2025
In Conversation
10.00-11.00
THE RANCH, Mangalpur, Nirmala, Odisha 752046
Shri Sharan Kumar Limbale with Prof. Mandakini Bhattacherya & Dr. Rudra Kinshuk.
Panel Discussion: Voice of Dissent
11.15-12.15
THE RANCH, Mangalpur, Nirmala, Odisha 752046
Chair: Ayaz Rasool Nazki
Panelists: Tapeswar Prasad, Purushottam Upadhyay
Moderator: Priyanka Banerjee
Panel Discussion: Voice of Women
12.30-01.30
THE RANCH, Mangalpur, Nirmala, Odisha 752046
Chair: Dr. Snehaprava Das
Panelists: Sonali Pattnaik, Meenakshi Goswami, Sulekha Sarkar, Runa Srivastava
Moderator: Anindita Bose
Poetry Reading Session (Multilingual)
3.00-5.00
THE RANCH, Mangalpur, Nirmala, Odisha 752046
Chair: Braja Kumar Sarkar
Co-Chair: Joba Murmu , Rakshak Nayak , Chirashree Indrasingh
Moderators: Ritu Halwasia Mahipal, Lopamudra Mishra, Prasanna Behera
Writers Workshop
5.00-6.00
THE RANCH, Mangalpur, Nirmala, Odisha 752046
Designed & Conducted By Ms.Nisha Luthra
Cultural Program
6.00-6.30
THE RANCH, Mangalpur, Nirmala, Odisha 752046
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