Literature

Satya Mohanty is a former administrator-turned-writer. Originally hailing from Odisha, he has made Delhi his home. He is a prominent member of the Odia literary diaspora in the national capital...

Bhubaneswar: The 42nd Sarala Puraskar was conferred on well-known Odia writer Paramita Satpathy at a simple ceremony in the IMFA office, here on Tuesday. IMFA Charitable Foundation trustee Paramita Panda...

Like previous evenings, that evening too Subrat and his cousin repeated the ritual of one last chat under the electricity pole that stood a few feet into the mouth of...

Wild was the night Intermittent lightning and sporadic thunder Inconsolable rain and devastating wind Hunt was for a refuge, safe and assured. You were right there In the corner, in...

"Blame it on the pale blue aerogramme," Subrat said as he readied to board the Aeroflot flight to London at Calcutta. He was not alone. With him were his wife...

Balasore: Kabi Basant Muduli Smriti Sansad has nominated five young Odia writers to receive Basant Muduli Poetry Award at a felicitation to be hosted at Basanta Bhavan, Bhadrak, to mark...

I carry in me Your ineffable smile When the heart takes off On the lightening sky A dead branch greening Or a flighting bird. The twinkle in your eyes Lights...

Bhawanipatna: Mahaveer Sanskrutika Anusthan (MSA) here has decided to confer Yuva Pratibha Samman 2021 on writer and actor Sudhir Kumar Dhangadamajhi. The decision to nominate young actor-author Sudhir was taken...

He who was close to us From far off seemed to have come To our uncanny homeland, Only a searching for traces With a divining rod of words That quivered...

If only he had read the signs, if only he had made that telephone call that night, things might have turned out differently. But he had failed to read the...