Shyamanuja Das

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…

May 16, 2021

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…

April 26, 2021

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…

October 16, 2020

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…

October 12, 2020

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…

September 5, 2020

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…

July 30, 2020