Subhas Chandra Pattanayak Orissa is in a quagmire because of Minister Dr. Damodar Raut’s passing mention of certain caste names comprising the schedule castes. Complaining against mention of them in their caste name, a lower court of criminal jurisprudence has … Read more →
Subhas Chandra Pattanayak Achihna Basabhumi, which should not have got the Central Sahitya Akademi Award, has got it on the strength of a decision of Orissa High Court on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that had challenged the selection of … Read more →
Subhas Chandra Pattanayak Mother tongue and motherland are in Oriya concept equated with the mother. “ମାତୃଭାଷା ମାତୃଭୁମି ଉଭୟ ଜନନୀ”. Therefore, it is natural on part of every Oriya to know of what exactly the Orissa High Court has said while … Read more →
Subhas Chandra Pattanayak Presently in New York City, I have no direct access to the Orissa High Court Verdict on Sahitya Award, 2011. The verdict is not yet placed in its website. But from what I gather from sources online, … 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 →