It is two and half hour flight from Mumbai to Bhubaneshwar and what attracts me to attend the 5th Kalinga Literature Festival in Odisha is that I have never been to Bhubaneshwar earlier. When we land at the airport it is only 730 but the sun has set and the skyline is dark.
Students working as volunteers are assigned to escort us to the guest house. This is the first time Hotel May Fair is not associated with the Kalinga Literature Festival and it is a long story so nobody talks about it. After checking in we are told that the dinner is on the terrace where we get to meet other authors from different states.
It is the first day and everyone is tired having traveled after a hard day’s work so the conversation mostly borders on our nest day session after which everyone retires to their rooms.
To be continued
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