Literature

 It was the birth anniversary of Jnanpith award winner Ashapurna Devi a couple of days ago (Jan 8).  Also, a Padmi Shri awardee in 1976 and a recipient of the...

One of the back cover endorsements for The lost Daughter and Other Stories is spot on with its remark that the hallmark of these stories is their ‘simple, straightforward and...

On the 190th birth anniversary of Savitribai Phule, celebrated as National Women’s Day, exemplary Odia writer Fakir Mohan Senapati’s Rebati comes to mind. Born on January 3, 1831, Savitribai is...

Berhampur: The Kabi Samrat Upendra Bhanja National Award for Literature, instituted by the Berhampur University, was conferred on eminent poet Dr Sitakanta Mahapatra on Saturday. Vice-Chancellor of the Berhampur University...

Bhubaneswar: Well-known lyricist and poet Gulzar’s collection of translated poems, ‘A Poem A Day’, has featured poems of Odisha's eminent Koshali poet Haldhar Nag. The collection of poem that was...

Sambalpur: Two poems of noted Kosali poet Haldhar Nag Halhar — ‘Pancha Amruta’ and ‘Chitti Deuchhen Re Haldhar’ — has been included in a new book of translated peoms by...

Bhubaneswar: How many fans would travel miles to meet the author they have read all their lives? Well, not even a handful. However, Debashreeta Mishra Kumar, a fan of writer...

Bhubaneswar: Eminent litterateur Manoj Das was shifted to the Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) in Puducherry on Wednesday evening. JIPMER sources said Das is admitted in the hospital's oncology...

Bhubaneswar: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has deputed a team of four-member medical team to Puducherry for treatment of eminent writer of Odisha Manoj Das. The Centre sent the team...

Today is December 6 – the day on which Vladimir Nabakov finished writing his famous novel ‘Lolita’ in 1953. Little did he imagine his book would become so controversial and...