Newdelhi:27/7/2 3:The Ministry of Culture through its autonomous body, Sahitya Akademi holds literary programmes for promotion of the north eastern tribal languages such as Mizo, Ao, Garo, Chakma, Rabha, Karbi, Hmar, Lepcha, Khasi, Tangkhul, Missing, Tenydie, Kokborok, Jaintia, etc. The Akademi encourages regional dialects and languages through Bhasha Samman for outstanding contribution in the field of classical and medieval literature ...

Newdelhi:25/7/23:Under the joint aegis of Central Sanskrit University and Sangeet Natak Akademi, by  the guidance of Honorable Vice-Chancellor Prof. Srinivas Varkhedi, a National Women’s Seminar has been organized on 27th & 28th,July,2023 at Kamini Auditorium, New Delhi.On 27th,July at 4.30pm on wards Seminar on  Yagyaseni Patience,Penance and Power: Demystifying Women in Indian Epics and Literature will be held,which  was  based ...

Bhubaneswar:21/7/23:The third Akshaya Upanayasa Puraskar, instituted by the Pratibha Ray Foundation Trust and Adya Prakashani was conferred on writer Sri Nirmal Rout for his historical novel GALANI TA GALA KATHA published by Banaphula Publications, Bhubaneswar in an elegant ceremony at Jayadev Bhawan, Bhubaneswar on 20th July 2023 The award has been instituted in memory of eminent engineer Shri Akshaya Chandra ...

Bhubaneswar:22/6/23:The Pratibha Ray Foundation Trust has immense pleasure in announcing the result of the Third Akshaya Memorial Award for novel writing in Odia for writers below fifty years.The selection commitee short-listed 6 books out of  20 entries & unanimously declared writer Nirmal Rout  as the winner of the Third Akshaya Upanyasa Puraskar for his novel ” Galani Ta Gala Katha”, ...

Bhubaneswar:8/5/23: The prestigious Atibadi Jagannath Das Puraskar, the highest literary award of Odisha Sahitya Akademi was  presented  three eminent Odia writers on Monday for their outstanding contribution. While renowned writer Pratibha Ray will be conferred with the award for 2021, distinguished writer   receive the purasakr for 2022.Similarly, eminent writer Srinibas Udgata  was conferred  the award for 2023 for his outstanding ...

Dr Bhaskar Roy Barman Jayanta Mahapatra, one of the most respected poets writing in Indian English, has been recognized as a poet par excellence and has, so to say, laid the foundations of Indian poetry as one of the widely recognized trio, consisting, besides him, of A.K. Ramanujan and R, Parthasarathy. He distinguished himself from the other two members of ...

Bhubaneswar:3/4/23 :Eminent write Pratibha  Ray has been selected to receive “Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad”s highest award, Kartritwa Samagra Samman for enriching contributions & excellence in the field of Indian Literature.Bharatiya  Bhasha  parishad  feels blessed  by awarding  those  writers  of India who have illuminated  the literary world with the bright effulgence  of their  literary genius.This  Year,  The   “Kartritwa Samagra   Samman’   will be ...

Cuttack:2/3/23:Gangadhar Rath Foundation announced prestigious  “Sahitya  Bharati Samman”, “Gangadhar  Rath Smaraki  Samman”  & other  awards  for    for  the year 2023. Padmashree  Srinibas Udgata,  eminent  litterateur  shall  be  felicitated   with  the SAHITYA SHARATI SAMMAN, 2023 for his outstanding contribution  to Odia literature.   He has published 323 books and experimented in all the forms of literature  too – novel,  poetry and travelogue ...

Jhankard Sarala, February 21, 2023:  Renowned Odia language researcher Padma Shri Pandit DrAntarjyami Mishra released “Shri Chandi Sarala Madala,” an Odia book that provides a meticulous account of the history and culture of the Sarala Temple located in Jagtsinghpur district of Odisha and life of Adikabi Sarala Das, the 15th-century poet and the author of Odia Mahabharat.Retired judge Odisha High ...

Bhubaneswar:14/2/23:The book launch of poet Anita Panda ‘s “Songs of my Soul” was successfully done in an exclusive ceremony at Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan, Bhubaneswar on 14th February 2023. The Chief Guest, eminent writer, Padma Bhushan Pratibha Ray brilliantly analysed Anita’s writings & blessed her with a bright writing career. She said poetry should be like a mirror, a true reflection ...