Literature

Bhubaneswar: Poets, scholars and activists came together to celebrate the power of verse while shedding light on the significance of Down Syndrome to mark World Poetry Day and World Down...

What struck me when I first met Shri Ramakant Rath at Ravindra Mandap in Bhubaneswar during the release of my first Odia short story collection, Akashara Luha (2015), was his...

(Translation of legendary poet Ramakanta Rath’s Odia poem by Sailen Routray) I know the other gods in a more or less perfunctory manner. The sea-god, whose long and broad wall...

Bhubaneswar: Odia translator and journalist Suvash Satapathy will receive the prestigious Kendra Sahitya Akademi Prize for translation for the year 2024. He will be conferred with the award in recognition...

Bhubaneswar: Utkal University’s Department of English organised a national seminar themed Indian Textual Traditions: Native and Hybrid Engagements on February 28 and March 1. The seminar explored the ancient and...

Bhubaneswar: Many of the over 7000 languages and dialects in the world have disappeared which calls for the urgent need to strive to save one’s own language, noted litterateur Gayatribala...

Cuttack: Renowned writer, storyteller and translator Nabakishore Raj passed away in Cuttack following a prolonged illness. He was 80. Raj, who was suffering from age-related ailments for quite some time,...

Bhubaneswar: Noted Odia writer Kishore Akash passed away in New Delhi on Wednesday following a brief illness. He was 68. Kishore Akash was undergoing treatment in the ICU of a...

Words express ideas. Restrict words, ideas wilt. In his novel 1984, George Orwell presents us with a totalitarian dystopia, Oceania, where the ruling dispensation resorts to an elaborate process of thought...

Bhubaneswar: Eminent poet Vinita Agrawal has been chosen for the second Jayanta Mahapatra National Award for Literature. The award, instituted by Udaygiri Foundation, will be conferred on the occasion of...