{"id":430374,"date":"2026-05-26T07:47:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T02:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/?p=430374"},"modified":"2026-05-26T07:47:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T02:02:28","slug":"kathmandu-kalinga-literature-festival-to-be-held-on-june-6-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2026\/05\/26\/430374.html","title":{"rendered":"Kathmandu-Kalinga Literature Festival to be held on June 6-7"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Kathmandu, May 26: The fourth edition of the Kathmandu\u2013Kalinga Literature Festival is set to be held on June 6 and 7, bringing together writers, artists, musicians, diplomats and intellectuals from South Asia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to festival director Ranjana Niraula, the two-day event aims to expand the reach of South Asian literature and cultural traditions globally. She said the festival will focus on themes such as identity, migration, inclusion, spirituality, environment and social participation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Niraula added that discussions will explore how South Asian literary and intellectual traditions are engaging with contemporary global changes, with various sessions including panel discussions, keynote speeches, poetry recitations, musical performances, author interactions, book launches and international literary collaborations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event is being co-organised by Yashasbi Pragyan Pratishthan. The Kalinga Literature Festival (KLF), based in Bhubaneswar, India, has been held in Nepal since 2022, promoting literary and cultural exchange across South Asia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu, May 26: The fourth edition of the Kathmandu\u2013Kalinga Literature Festival is set to be held on June 6 and 7, bringing together writers, artists, musicians, diplomats and intellectuals from South Asia. According to festival director Ranjana Niraula, the two-day event aims to expand the reach of South Asian literature and cultural traditions globally. She &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":430375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,5],"tags":[],"reporter":[],"class_list":["post-430374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english","category-en-news","category-top-stories"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430374"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430374"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":430376,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430374\/revisions\/430376"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430374"},{"taxonomy":"reporter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reporter?post=430374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}