Subhas Chandra Pattanayak If it is not subjected to subterfuge, the amendment to Orissa Official Language Act, 1954 that I, as a member of the Ministerial Committee on working of Orissa Official Language Act, 1954, have proposed with the drafts … Read more →
By Saswat Pattanayak In this era of two-minute research noodles made viral through smart memes and quick tweety wits, Subhas Chandra Pattanayak’s “Nabakalebara: Legends and Reality“ (Shabdasparsha, 2015) is not one that everyone would probably want to read. I will not therefore pitch … Read more →
Saswat Pattanayak Last year alone, an earthquake – among many – left 9,000 dead in Nepal. Stampede among the devotees caused death of 2,200 people in Mecca. Over 3.1 million children – under five – died of malnutrition everywhere in … Read more →
Subhas Chandra Pattanayak Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik seems to have developed a wrong notion that governance of Orissa in Oriya depends upon his mercy. His press-note of December 17 and full page display advertisement in major broadsheets of today force … Read more →
Subhas Chandra Pattanayak As per decision in the Joint Action Committee, i.e. the Ministerial Committee on the implementation of Orissa Official language Act, 1954, linguist Dr.Debi Prasanna Pattanayak is to draft a Language Policy to be placed before it in … Read more →