Kalinga Literary Festival celebrates South Asian literary heritage

The two-day fest ends today.

The third edition of the Kathmandu Kalinga Literary Festival (KLF) kicked off at Hotel Himalaya in Lalitpur. The event, themed ‘Nepal: The Gateway to Asian Art, Culture, and Literature’, was inaugurated by Bhupal Rai, Chancellor of Nepal Academy, KLF Founder Rashmi Ranjan Parida, Kathmandu KLF Director Ranjana Niraula, Shri Prasanna Shrivastava, Deputy Chief of Mission at the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu, Dr Bhuwan Dhungana; Indian diplomat and novelist Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri and Indian economist and writer Sanjeev Sanyal.