Subhas Chandra Pattanayak My beloved Bhauja (wife of journalist Barendrakrushna Dhal) just passed away in a private clinic at Bhubameswar. I fail to describe the grief that has instantly engulfed me and my wife. Do not know how to console Barendrakrushna, … Read more →
Subhas Chandra Pattanayak The 75th year in Barendra Krushna Dhal’s life was welcomed in a unique way. His wife Snehalata Dhal, and other members of the family including Tirthankar, Sanghmitra, Amitabh, Lopa, Siddharth, Priti and Vivekanand Jena surprised the eminent … Read more →
Subhas Chandra Pattanayak Amongst all the New Year’s messages I received this year, the first one was from Power and Information Minister Mr. Arun Kumar Sahoo, which, like the previous year, bears in poetic form his dialectic sojourn between the … Read more →
Subhas Chandra Pattanayak The Sahitya Akademi , hereinafter called Akademi, was created as India’s National Academy of Letters. But sadly it has become the Augean Stable of Indian letters. We will examine only one aspect: its annual awards to the … Read more →
Subhas Chandra Pattanayak Orissa High Court has stayed the Sahitya Award, 2011 to Kahani published Achihna Basabhumi in Oriya language, seemingly fixed through corrupt process. The new dimensions of danger that the book posed to societal unity of Orissa were … Read more →