NABARANGPUR: BASANT RATH, JOURNALIST
Under the Odisha Sahitya Akademi, the 5th edition of the “Kaakar”
literature festival will be held on February 1 and 2 in the remote Kosagumuda
block of the district and Chitrakot in Bastar district of Chhattisgarh.
In this regard, the first preparatory meeting for the festival was held
at Kosagumuda under the chairmanship of Sahitya Akadami member Boolo Hota.
Among others, chairperson of Kosagumuda block, Geetamuni Samrath, vice-chairperson
Padmasai Mali, Kaakar Committee vice president, Ashok Patnaik, secretary Ram
Prasad Patro and Bijaya Kumar Patnaik were present who discussed about how to
make the festival a grand success.
A committee was formed in which Collector Ajit Mishra will be the
chairman, while Jogendra Swin, Kunja Bihari Dash, Dharam Sing, and Prabhakar
Rao are the members. The dates and the venue for the event were finalised after
holding discussions with the Collector and other members of the committee, said
Akademy Member Hota.
For the first time, the Odisha Sahitya Akademi is organising the event
in neighbouring Bastar district of Chhattisgarh, where more than 40,000
Odia people are residing.
The festival will encourage analytical, cerebral and
creative events, among the members of the literary fraternity. Our main motto to
encourage the odia speaking people in Bastar district “to adopt the language of the mainstream
literature, which can bring social transformation, and our efforts have to be
made to restore Odia language in the region” Hota added.
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