Literature

When I started writing poetry in the late eighties, I confronted a vast tract of death and alienation. The poets of my time and my language were talking about something...

Waited for you quite long though perturbed I was with your thoughts I watched the waves in the sea breaking against the beach uninterruptedly. Slowly and gently sea breeze was...

Bhubaneswar: Eminent Odia fiction writer Dr Gourahari Das will be conferred with the prestigious Sarala Puraskar for his short-story collection ‘Bagha O Anyanya Galpa’, which was published by Timepass Publication...

Bhubaneswar: Eminent Odia litterateur Pandit Dr Antaryami Mishra will be conferred with the first Nabagunjara Samman award by Nabagunjara Sanskruti Manch, a Bhubaneswar-based cultural organisation Dr Mishra, a reputed columnist...

A silent monster, Pain walks in. Unmarked, it lingers, feeding Making homes of persons therein. An evil force in our hearts residing.   I see the light, it glows like...

Bhubaneswar: Distinguished Odia writer and educationist Prof Udaya Nath Sahoo has won a place in the prestigious India Book of Records 2022 in recognition of his unique comparative study of...

Bhubaneswar: Three books of Prof Fakira Mohan Nahak, HOD, University Institute of Media Studies, Chandigarh University, Mohali, Punjab were released on the occasion of the Teacher’s Day celebration in the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Governor, Prof Ganeshi Lal launched the book ‘Odisha: The Railway Story’ written by Dilip Kumar Samantray, former Financial Advisor and Chief Accounts Officer, East Coast Railway at a...

We have not witnessed a house of worship being destroyed. We have just flown a few thousand miles after cutting the wings of the birds in lieu of certain needs....

"Winter is so pleasant in Dubai, why don't you take me out on a walk?" my wife Sunita said as she handed me a cup of steaming hot tea and...