Odisha News Times Bureau
Bhubaneswar, Jan 20:
“Writers and their writings come in all shapes and sizes. While some can spin one novel a year, others take years of inspiration to pen a line.,” eminent writer Nayantara Sehgal said during the second edition of Tata Steel Bhubaneswar Literary Meet (TSBLM) here today. The event was inaugurated by Nayantara Sahgal in the presence of Anand Sen, President, TQM and Steel Business, Tata Steel, Soumya Ranjan Patnaik, Editor, Sambad and Ananta Mahapatra, renowned theatre personality.
Tata Steel Bhubaneswar Literary Meet will present two days of intellectual discussions, debates, sessions on the rich literary world of Odisha and India. On its first day, conversation revolved around defining a classic, in a realm of literature that informs, enlightens and endures while being periodically questioned, critiqued and survive multiple trials.
In the session on Test Match, panelists elaborated Test match as the pinnacle of cricket, the finer art while T20 was a miniature that perfectly defines, ‘living in the moment.’
In the second session Susmita Bagchis’s book ‘Beneath a rougher sea’ was unveiled by Sahgal.
