“When there is the bustle of progress everywhere, will Utkal be still in slumber ?” This line from Fakirmohan’s first original poem Utkal Bhraman (Tours of Orissa) not only epitomises his literary overview but also depicts his flare for…
First Tata Steel Bhubaneswar Literary Meet Starts Today with a nice lineup of speakers
Naveen Patnaik will inaugurate Tata Steel Bhubaneswar Literary Meet on January 9 at Lalita Kala Academy , Bhubaneswar. Journalist Rajdeep Sardesai, Jairam Ramesh, Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik, acclaimed film maker Nil Madhab Panda will join as speakers in…
Heard about India’s first crowd curated Novel by Odia XIMB Grad Uday Satpathy
Brutal, a thriller published by Bloody Good Book and Westland Books, is India’s first crowd-curated novel. The author Uday Satpathy takes the reader through a roller-coaster adventure of two journalists who find themselves in danger when they uncover links between…
Kabita Utkala : A unique collection of poems by Legendary Manoj Das now on Kindle
Kavita Utkala is a unique collection of poems – each one a reflection on a legend or a legendary character belonging to the heritage and history of the state of Odisha, earlier known as Utkala and Kalinga. There is no…
Tata Steel Presents Odisha Utsav and Bhubaneswar Half Marathon coming January
Tata Steel is organising a six-day Tata Steel Odisha Utsav 2016 in bhubaneswar from January 5 to celebrate and promote the uniqueness of the Odia culture, art, literature and sports. The event offers a series of consecutive events comprising Art-in-Industry Camp,…
UCE Burla Grad Debajani Mohanty all set to launch debut novel : The Curse of Damini
Debajani Mohanty Rastogi is the author of the book Curse of Damini. This maiden book is going to be released on 14th of November in Bhubaneswar. The novel which starts as a supernatural thriller is actually a tale of woman’s woe.…
How Durga Puja boosts Odia Literature in Odisha : number of periodicals increase
Durga Puja gives a boost to Odia literature every year and adds thousands of pages of printed words published in a month. When people celebrate Puja, it’s also time for publication and sale of the Puja numbers of the literary…
Why a state constantly craves for recognition: an awesome read by priyambad
It is said that when Diogenes of Sinope, Asia Minor, who was exiled and started living in Athens was once asked where he came from, he replied, “kosmopolites” or “I am a citizen of the world”. That he was also…
First Ever Mobile App for any acclaimed writer from Odisha launched for Manoj Das
A brand new App has been launched on internationally acclaimed Indian writer Shri Manoj Das, who has a vast readership in India and abroad. The App “Rainbow-Picks from Manoj Das” gives access to Shri Das’s quotations and photographs. The…
Odisha Literary Festival 2015 : one of the biggest literary extravaganza
This year also The New Indian Express is organizing its annual literary extravaganza in Bhubaneswar. The festival will be loaded with prominent literary figures from Odisha as well as the rest of the country. The highlights of the event this year will…