Literature

At every step of my life be it joyous or remorse you are with me the greatest feeling is your presence in your absence. In dark unending nights when I...

In that grimace smeared across your face, Like a Glasgow Smile carved into your cheeks, In your trembling arms, unwilling, To stitch up the raw ends, scared, scarred. I am...

Bhubaneswar: A book reading event was held for “Battles of Our Own” at the Hotel New Marrion in Odisha’s capital on Tuesday. The book is an English rendering by Himansu...

These days you sing At almost every gathering And I follow you shamelessly. I breathlessly drink your voice Its shape, texture and tone With an abandon That sometimes shocks even...

At times I think with Your blessings I was born into this world A purpose to pursue Obligations to fulfil for the good of others Laurels gave me a lot...

Bhubaneswar: Odia writer and columnist Gourahari Das will be conferred with Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize for the year 2021 for 'Chheli Chareibara Dina', an Odia translation of Malayalam novel 'Aadujeevitham'...

The river is like a flowing history Or a curving geography of civilization So many cultures nurtured in your lap So many cities lost in your waves In your bosom...

Geetanjali Shree and Daisy Rockwell are two names that have been on top of all conversation starters among book lovers since late March when the Hindi novel by the former,...

Yet again, I wonder why my mind is attracted to bow, at your blue feet. See, tainted, I have smeared injustice, all over my ebony body. Time and again, You...

I keep my head bowed Let you decide, My life for me, my choices,  Even my thoughts and my desires.    I keep my voice hushed  And let you choose...