Source: MatruBhasha Bahini
While launching online his documented book DANAR TOBADA (Morral on the mouth) on the 13th, author of the book Subhas Chandra Pattanayak had declared to have an open discussion on it, in order to help the fellows, he has exposed in the book, show if they have not sabotaged under Government influence the cause of Oriya Language. They know, they can’t. Therefore, they didn’t dare to turn up.
The scheduled discussion on the book was taken up ‘live’ in Facebook on the 24th , as declared.
Eminent scholars and public figures, namely Prof. Kamala Prasad Mohapatra (former Regional Director, Education), Prof. Bauribandhu Sahu (former Principal of Ravenshaw College), Prof. Manoranjan Das (formerly in O.E.S. senior grade) and Srikant Dash (Working President, Odia Jatiya Sammilani) publicly reviewed the book and came down heavily upon the State Government of marked anti-Oriya attitude, censuring how it has exploited the avarice of two key colleagues of Sri Pattanayak to break the unique movement that has been insisting upon governance of Orissa in Oriya Language.
Senior journalist Devi Prasanna Nayak hosted the live streaming.