CM Majhi Champions Odisha’s Cultural Legacy at Literary Festival 2025

Bhubaneswar, Sept 6 — At the Odisha Literary Festival 2025, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi delivered a stirring keynote celebrating the depth and diversity of the Odia language and literature.

Hosted by The New Indian Express at Mayfair Convention, the event spotlighted Odisha’s rich cultural heritage and its evolving developmental landscape.

Majhi traced the Odia language’s 3,000-year-old lineage to the Brahmi script and reaffirmed its classical status, granted in 2014.

He paid tribute to literary stalwarts including Sarala Das, Jagannath Das, Bhima Bhoi, Fakir Mohan Senapati, and Radhanath Ray, whose works have shaped the region’s identity.

The Chief Minister also emphasised the importance of tribal languages like Santali and reiterated the government’s commitment to mother-tongue education through the State Curriculum Framework.

On the development front, Majhi announced a Rs 4,000 crore investment in two semiconductor units, with NIT Rourkela and Parala Maharaja Engineering College contributing to chip design.

He highlighted employment generation and infrastructure growth as key achievements under his leadership.

Concluding his address, Majhi urged writers and intellectuals to uphold truth, culture, and social consciousness, expressing hope for a literary renaissance in Odisha.