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An evening with literary figures conducted

BHUBANEWAR: Continuing with its most popular series of literary programmes – Meet-the-author - Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi, the apex literary body of the nation, hosted a two-day event in the capital that concluded on Monday.

Prominent short story writer Mohapatra Nilamani Sahoo and prominent poet Bansidhar Sarangi, both recipients of the coveted Sahitya Akademi awards for 1984 and 2007 respectively, were featured in the event that has two different evenings aptly named as Katha Sandhi and Kabi Sandhi.

Such programmes were mooted by the Akademi about two decades ago to provide an interactive platform for the writers’ community with the Sahitya Akademi awardee eminent writers, explained Sahitya Akademi’s Kolkata-based programme Officer Mihir Kumar Sahoo.

The past two events of the series had featured poet Rajendra Kishore Panda and short story writer Binapani Mohanty followed by poet Saurindra Barik and fiction writer Rama Chandra Behera, he added.

Participating in the interactive meet on Sunday that was attended by several literary luminaries like Pondicherry-based internationally acclaimed writer Manoj Das and former Sahitya Akademi president Ramakanta Rath, Mohapatra Nilamani Sahoo answered a volley of questions from the gathering. “The Orissa’s nature and culture have immensely influenced his literary works and persona”, he felt and acknowledged the influence that he had from the writings of fellow writers.

In an identical gathering on Monday, poet Bansidhar Sarangi read out excerpts from some of his favourite literary works that was followed by an interactive session with the literary gathering.

Popular novelist and convener of the Akademi’s advisory committee on the Oriya literature Bibhuti Patnaik welcomed while writer-journalist, Gouraari Das, also a member of the committee summed up.

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