MAHATMA & MOTHER-TONGUE / ମହାତ୍ମା ଓ ମାତୃଭାଷା

ସୁଭାଷ ଚନ୍ଦ୍ର ପଟ୍ଟନାୟକ ନିଜ ଭାଷାରେ ସରକାରୀ ସେବା ପାଇବାପାଇଁ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାଷାଭାଷୀ ଅଂଚଳକୁ ନେଇ ଏକ ସ୍ବତନ୍ତ୍ର ପ୍ରଦେଶ ଗଠନ ହେଉ ବୋଲି ଗଂଜାମ ଜିଲ୍ଲାର ଘୁମୁସରରୁ ୧୧.୯.୧୮୭୦ରେ ଯେଉଁ ଦାବି ଉଠିଥିଲା ତାହା କୁଳଗୌରବ ମଧୁସୂଦନଙ୍କ ହେତୁ ସମଗ୍ର ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଜାତିର ଐକାନ୍ତିକ ଦାବିରେ ପରିଣତ ହୋଇସାରିଥିଲେ ମଧ୍ୟ ତାକୁ ଭଣ୍ଡୁର କରିବା … Read more →

Sixteenth Assembly commences with foreign language mocking at the Mana of Oriyas

Subhas Chandra Pattanayak In the first Assembly, while replying to the debate on Orissa Official Language Act, the first Chief Minister of Orissa Nabakrushna Choudhuri had said, “A Government cannot promulgate a Language. It can replace a foreign language with … Read more →

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 →