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Posts Tagged ‘utkal divas’

  • April 2, 2015
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Utkal Divas celebrated in JNU: Speakers expressed concern over failure of state’s mechanism

From Sankar Duriya Orissa Students Association (OSA), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi celebrated 80th Utkal Divas on 1st April 2015 in the University premises with grand success. Shri Rabindra Nath Singh, senior bureaucrat and social activist was the chief guest … Read more →

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  • April 1, 2015
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Utkal Divas becomes Odisha Divas: Orissa in the Quagmire of Naveenian Insult

Subhas Chandra Pattanayak As every Oriya is to celebrate the best and the finest day of his collective life – the Utkal Divas – the day of resurrection of Motherland Orissa, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, who has been offending the … Read more →

  • Posted in: Animadversion, art & culture, Editorials, news, orissa, oriya, politics, Uncategorized
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  • March 31, 2014
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Utkal Divas: The one man we ought to recall is Dinabandhu Pattanayak

Subhas Chandra Pattanayak For resurrection of Orissa comprising the Oriya speaking tracks, the one man that had taken the first initiative is Dinabandhu Pattanayak of Ghumusar. He was a government official. Yet, he had organized the first meeting of Oriyas … Read more →

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  • March 30, 2011
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Samadrusti to Observe Orissa Byanga Chitra Divas on 1st April

Progressive periodical Samadrusti will observe Orissa Byanga Chitra Divas on April 1, 2011 to make people aware of what has happened to the land while celebrating Utkal Divas. An exhibition of cartoons by a team of cartoonists famously known as … Read more →

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  • April 3, 2010
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Red Cross Observed Utkal Divas in Honoring Differently Able Ones

The Orissa branch of Indian Red Cross Society celebrated Utkal Divas, birthday of modern Orissa, by honoring selected achievers amongst the differently able persons. On behalf of the Society, Chief Minister of Orissa presented the citations and cash prize in … Read more →

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WHY ORISSA, NOT ODISHA?

In these pages, the English spelling of the name of our motherland and mother tongue will remain Orissa and Oriya as before, instead of changing into Odisha and Odia.

Law has changed Orissa and its language Oriya to Odisha and Odia in English respectively. This is a very irresponsible law created by politicians having no knowledge on and devotion to classical uniqueness of Oriya language. When this bad law was on the anvil, we had opposed the proposal through several articles in these pages on grounds shown therein. And, when finally the law was created, we took it as an act of stupids. We stick to our observation and vow not to honor the bad law, come what may. For us, the classical uniqueness of our mother tongue Oriya is more important than the law enacted to change it. So, here we shall continue to use the words Orissa and Oriya notwithstanding enforcement of the law that has wrongfully changed them to Odisha and Odia. This is why this site will continue as orissamatters.com instead of converting into odishamatters.com on the strength of our devotion to the mother tongue which no law can change. -Editor

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