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Thousands of students evinced keen interest to participate in the ‘Samaja Ojaswini’ Odia debate

Bhubaneswar:8/7/18: Thousands of students both from schools and colleges across the state evinced keen interest to participate in the ‘Samaja Ojaswini’ Odia debate for junior and senior grade to commemorate the death anniversary of Utkalmani Gopabandhu Das.

The Samaja, the leading Odia daily founded by the great Odia statesman, organized the debate competitions in the all the 30 district headquarters besides at Bhubaneswar.

The young debaters eloquently spoke on the topics- ‘Gopabandhu- Fusion of past & present’ and ‘Gandhian ideology & democracy’.

Utkalmani, who was a multi-faceted public figure in per-independence era, had founded the Samaja which later went on to become the mouthpiece for Odias till the present day.

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Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.
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