Literature

Bhubaneswar: Stressing that journalistic flavour is increasing in literature, well-known writer and researcher Asit Mohanty here on Wednesday said the space for coverage of literature in…

Bhubaneswar: Experts at the All India Tribal Writers’ Meet on Wednesday expressed deep concern about indigenous languages becoming extinct. They pointed out that nearly 40% of the world’s…

Bhubaneswar: Around 70 eminent tribal writers and poets are expected to join a two-day national Tribal Writers’ meet to be organised here by Sahitya Akademi in collaboration with Siksha ‘O’…

London: Salman Rushdie has been having ‘crazy dreams’ after surviving a near-fatal knife attack in New York last August. The 76-year-old Booker Prize-winning author was on stage almost a…

Fakirmohan Senapati:The Making of an Author, published by Vidyapuri, is unprecedented for two reasons. Firstly, it is a comprehensive assessment of the entire oeuvre of Senapati. Secondly,…

Bhubaneswar: Noted Odia author Jugal Kishore Sarangi has been selected to be conferred the prestigious Bal Sahitya Puraskar for this year for his book ‘Jejenka Gapa Ganthili’. This was…

New York: Nine months after being attacked on stage while delivering a lecture, Salman Rushdie made his first public appearance. In an emotional address, the award-winning British author…

The bus left Cuttack’s Badambadi around 9 at night and got to Sambalpur in the small hours of the morning. Dawn was yet to break. The sky over Sambalpur was dark, with no hint of orange…

I was born in a small town called Belaguntha, in Odisha’s Ganjam district, which is world famous for its unique brass fish handicraft. A rural market town, it was a trade and business hub…

From an early age I looked up to you , So loving, so sensitive, there are only few , But somehow I always felt your happiness was long due.... Wearing that old dress you tried…