In 2016, Gameplan launched the Bhubaneswar Literary Meet, because a culturally rich region like Odisha needed a festival that would celebrate its literature and allied cultural pursuits — dance, music, recitation, and
theatrical performances. The idea was an endeavour to take Odisha to a wider world audience and also to bring the world to Odisha.
From the very first year, the lit meet has drawn premier authors and speakers from across India and the world, having hosted eminent delegates such as Manoj Das, Ruskin Bond, Jayanta Mahapatra, Nayantara Sehgal, Kiran
Nagarkar, Sharmila Tagore, Ileana Citaristi, Mark Tully, Nandita Das, Barkha Dutt, and William Dalrymple among several others. This lit meet has become an integral part of Bhubaneswar's annual cultural calendar and the
overwhelming response encourages us keep our emphasis on a consistently high quality of participants, and an inherent connection with the local cultural ethos.
Event Schedule
4 PM
The Bhubaneswar Club4.30 PM
The Bhubaneswar Club5.30 PM
The Bhubaneswar Club6.20 PM
The Bhubaneswar Club7.10 PM
The Bhubaneswar Club11.45 AM
The Bhubaneswar Club12.40 PM
The Bhubaneswar Club2.15 PM
The Bhubaneswar Club3.10 PM
The Bhubaneswar ClubThe Universe of Jagadish Mohanty
Himansu Mohapatra, Sarojini Sahoo and Paresh Patnaik discuss the pathbreaking contributions of the author.
Release of Mohanty’s Battles of Our Own (Nija Nija Panipatha) translated by Himansu Mohapatra and Paul St-Pierre (Odia Session)
4 PM
The Bhubaneswar Club4.50 PM
The Bhubaneswar Club5.40 PM
The Bhubaneswar Club7 PM
The Bhubaneswar Club12.15 PM
The Bhubaneswar Club1.20 PM
The Bhubaneswar Club2.30 PM
The Bhubaneswar Club3.30 PM
The Bhubaneswar Club4.30 pm
The Bhubaneswar Club5.30 PM
The Bhubaneswar Club7 PM
Rail AuditoriumSpeakers
Amitav Ghosh
Anirudha Bhattacharjee
Anupam Patnaik
Bachi Karkaria
Balaji Vittal
Barry O’Brien
Chanakya Chaudhary
Chitrita Banerji
Gayatribala Panda
Gourahari Das
Himanshu Mohapatra
Jatindra Kumar Nayak
Jerry Pinto
Khushwant Singh
Malavika Banerjee
Mallika Sarabhai
Mona Lisa Jena
Nikhilesh Mishra
Panchami Manoo Ukil
Pankaj Kapur
Paramita Satpathy
Paresh Patnaik
Parthiv Dhar
Pratiti Ganatra
Ratikanta Satapathy
Richard Blurton
Roshni Bajaj Sanghvi
Sakti Mohanty
Sampad Patnaik
Sarojini Sahoo
Sashmi Nayak
Shujaat Khan
Sofia Alam
Sreema Satapathy
Sudeshna Mohanty
Sudhansu Mohanty
Sujit Kumar Satapathy
Sumanyu Satpathy
Supriya Pathak Kapur
Swagatika Mishra
Tanaya Patnaik