Orissa and Oriya Language: Must we retrieve the Mana

Subhas Chandra Pattanayak The first freedom movement of India – armed revolution begun by Jayee Rajguru in 1803 metamorphosing into the first non-cooperation movement led by Buxi Jagabandhi Bidyadhar Mohapatra in 1817 – had severely mauled the British in the … Read more →

WORLD’S UNIQUE MOVEMENT FOR PRIMACY OF MOTHER TONGUE IN GOVERNANCE OF MOTHERLAND GETS TODY ITS PRINTED DOCUMENTATION

Bhubaneswar Bureau Come 11.30 this forenoon, the first of its kind documentation on the world’s unique movement for governance of the Motherland in the mother tongue of the people, a printed presentation to contemporary history, will be released in the … Read more →

Oriya in Prime Minister’s website: Voice of BHASHA ANDOLAN precipitated correction

Bhubaneswar Bureau When Minister for External Affairs Ms. Sushma Swaraj inaugurated the multi-lingual website of the Prime Minister on May 29, there was no trace of Oriya, even though six regional languages, besides English and Hindi, had place for them. … Read more →

Minister supports contravention of Orissa Official Language Act, his newspaper plays mischief!

Bhubaneswar Bureau The newspaper of a minister of the Orissa – Sanchar – has kept its readers in dark about the unique Bhasa Andolan (Language Movement) of Orissa that demands for Governance of Orissa in Oriya language. On the other … Read more →