Book Review

The folios of government records, which subsequently become a part of authentic history, do not reserve a space for the struggle of existence. Ashutosh Bhardwaj’s latest book, The Death…

Odia life writing had the most remarkable and innovative debut in 1927 with the posthumous publication of Phakirmohan Senapati’s autobiography entitled Atmacharita. Since then, scores of…

Unlike the iconic early novels in some Indian languages, Fakir Mohan Senapati’s Chha Mana Atha Guntha (1897-99), considered the first modern novel in Odia, was not translated into English…

Bhubaneswar: The Sun Temple of Konark has an intriguing history which has left many awed and curious. However, the missing links in the edifice’s history have remained a jigsaw puzzle that…

“Restless to present Odisha to the globe, this is an invite to Odisha, holding up a candid collage of disparate features, says the blurb of this fascinating book. As one who was witness to…

Revisiting Early Indian Fiction: Reading, Writing, SocietyEdited by Himansu S. Mohapatra, Abani K. Dash & K.C. Mishra Published in Nov 2020 by Authors Press, New Delhi…

You may have seen some fathers helping their young daughters to appreciate the magic of a rainbow or brood over its colours, but certainly not someone ride roughshod over his daughter for…

Jayshree Misra Tripathi is a Delhi-based Odia writer who writes in English. Primarily a poet, she works in prose too. Given her cross-cultural journeys flavoured by her perspective as a…

In early 2016 I came upon a remarkable book from reading a review of it in Sunday Book Review, New York Times, February 21, 2016. The book was titled Better Living Through Criticism: How to…

Note Introducing “Letters to Jorina” Though a prolific writer, the fictional output of Ganeswar Mishra (1942-2015) is not large. Up until a short time before his death, he was known to…