Translating Odisha For The World!
The Odisha government has recently announced what it calls the Manoj Das International Literary Award in the memory of Odia writer Manoj Das who passed away last month. The award, carrying a…
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Focus On Anti-Hero In Odisha Folk Art Reflects An Unbiased Culture
The bright fortnight (shukla paksha) of Chaitra is when devotees across India celebrate the Ram Navami with a lot of devotion and fervour. The Ramlila is one of the most common folk…
PV Krishnamoorthy: The Unsung Force Behind Modern Odia Songs
Kavichandra Kalicharan Pattnaik transitioned the musical taste of Odias from traditional to modern; Pandit Balakrushna Das established the early foundation of what is today known as modern…
Odia Ghazals & Akshaya Mohanty
Ghazals do not belong to the realm of traditional Odia music or literature. It’s more noteworthy that unlike in some other regions such as Bengal and Maharashtra, the introduction of ghazals…
Odisha’s Own Ram Mandir Debate
Just a few weeks back, someone casually remarked on Twitter that as an Odia, he had hardly ever been to a Ram temple within Odisha. It could have been ignored as just another personal…
Rasagola, Twitter & The Story Of Odia Identity
On today’s date, five years back—30th July 2015—Odias did something which was unimaginable just a couple of years back. They more or less convinced the world that what they have known so far…