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 →

Governor should refuse assent to Orissa Official Language (Amendment) Bill

Subhas Chandra Pattanayak Orissa Official Language (Amendment) Ordinance, 2016 was authored by bureaucracy on 21 May 2016 in a haphazard manner and was promulgated the same day. In a Bill form it was placed before the Legislative Assembly on 27 … Read more →

ORISSA’S MEN OF LETTERS MUST REACT

Subhas Chandra Pattanayak Under plutocratic intoxication mainstream authors of Orissa, who dazzle with awards and decorations, have thrown the splendid Oriya language into such distance from the people that the language has lost its relevance to almost all city dwellers … Read more →