Ernest Hemingway, while sending his manuscript of ‘The Old Man and the Sea’ to his Editor Wallace Meyer, wrote a…
A whiff of monsoon, greenery everywhere, the aroma of wet mud in Odisha and the womenfolk here are eager to…
The second wave of COVID-19 pandemic is creating waves of despair all over India. Amid ripples of gloom in Odisha…
Often considered as a ‘Victorian realist’, Thomas Hardy is one of the most influential writers of the Victorian Age. Hardy…
Born on May 13, 1916, prolific writer Sachidananda Rautray, popularly known as Sachi Rautray, came to the limelight mostly after…
Actress Gilda Susan Radner calls motherhood “an act of infinite optimism”. On this International Mother’s Day, Radner’s saying conjures up…
A doyen of Odia literature, Manoj Das left millions of his ardent admirers shattered as he left for his heavenly…
On the 85th birth anniversary of well-known writer J.P. Das, I remember his short story ‘The Mantra’ and his carefully-conceived…
With the 107th birth anniversary of eminent writer Gopinath Mohanty just round the corner (April 20), one of his less-discussed…
It was the birth anniversary of Jnanpith award winner Ashapurna Devi a couple of days ago (Jan 8). Also, a…