Newdelhi:29/7/20: The Vice President of India, Shri M Venkaiah  Naidu today called for protecting and promoting various Indian languages through the use of mother tongue in different fields from education to administration. Inaugurating an online webinar on “ Knowledge Creation: Mother Tongue” organized by the Department of Telugu, University of Hyderabad, and the Telugu Academy, Shri Naidu stressed the need for ...

New Delhi:26/7/20: Odia Samaj, New Delhi, a leading not-for-profit, socio-cultural organisation and an effective & neutral think tank today organised an online dialogue on Odia language and Literature i.e. “Odia Bhasha O Sahitya: Kichhi Drusti, Kichhi Chinta” through video conferencing. The webinar was graced by icons from the world of Odia literature Padma Shri Dr. Pratibha Ray, Academician, and Writer; Prof. ...

Bhubaneswar:25/7/20: Odia litterateur and novelist Binapani Mohanty was conferred Atibadi Jagannath Das award-2019 on Saturday. She was presented with the award by Culture Minister Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi at her residence in Cuttack in the afternoon. The minister presented a citation, shawl and a cheque of Rs one lakh. Odisha Governor Prof Ganeshi Lal has sent a written message on the ...

New Delhi:21/7/20: Odia Samaj, New Delhi, a leading not-for-profit, socio-cultural organisation, and an effective & neutral think tank is going to organise an online dialogue on Odia language and Literature i.e. “Odia Bhasha O Sahitya: Kichhi Drusti, Kichhi Chinta” on 25th July 2020  (Saturday) at 5 PM. After successfully conducting a webinar on Financial packages and opportunities for MSME in Odisha on June ...

New Delhi:17/7/20: In April 2020, as the Covid-19 pandemic forced a global lockdown, isolating millions, Teamwork Arts, the producer of the iconic Jaipur Literature Festival, launched “JLF Brave New World”, an online literature series to celebrate books, their power and positivity. JLF Brave New World sought to address issues critical to our times apart from discussing poetry, fiction, environment, the writing ...

Yogini Poems: Love and Life: by Dr.Adyasha Das Published by: Black Eagle Books, Dublin, USA Review by  – Sankar Narayan Mallick, General Manager, NABARD, Aizawl Books of original poems in English are fairly rare from authors of Odisha. Rarer still are the books in English that have the verve and vibration of the vernacular in their flow and flavour. Rooted ...

Sridhi Dash Illness confines us, despite the everlasting search for physical perfectibility. The virus COVID 19 has put a halt to the speed of our modern world. In the backdrop of such a massive epidemiological collapse, mankind tries to grapple with the existential dilemma of mortality by looking for an answer in art. Worldwide lockdown for the past few weeks ...

Bhubaneswar:10/7/20: Eminent litterateur and award-winning short fiction writer Manoj Kumar Panda is no more. He died of heart attack in Bolangir district at the age of 65. According to sources, Panda was admitted to a hospital after he complained of uneasiness where he passed away while undergoing treatment. He had three published collections of short fiction, Hada Bagicha (1992), Varna ...

Bhubaneswar:10/10/20: The Odisha Sahitya Akademi today announces its awards in various categories for the years 2015 and 2016. Names of awardees, Sahitya Akademi Awards-2015 * Nityananda Panda for ‘Gotie Jodi Gaanra Kahani’ novel. * Pabitra Panigrahi for short story ‘Gapara Muhan’. * Binapani Panda for ‘Godhuli Geeta’ in Prose & Poetry category. * Sanjay Hati for drama and one-act play ...

Bhubaneswar:29/6/20; Handbook of Research on Social and Cultural Dynamics in Indian Cinema has been released on 30th June 2020 is published by IGI GlobalPennsylvania, USA,.this book comprises  29 chapter deals with different aspects of Hindi cinema as well as regional cinema. In 22 chapter inducted a topic; The odyssey of Odia cinema: A Transition of culture and language penned by an eminent ...