Bhubaneswar:5/8/23 :Ram Kamal Mukherjee has announced his next, a magnum opus titled ‘Draupadi’ with Rukmini Maitra. This will be the director’s second celluloid journey with Rukmini after ‘BinodiiniEkti Natir Upakhyan’, a biopic on theatre legend Binodini Dasi. The film will explore the epic Mahabharata from Draupadi’s perspective. The motion poster for ‘Draupadi’ is already out it has already created quite ...

Newdelhi:3/8/23:The Press and Registration of Periodicals Bill, 2023, got passed unanimously today in the Upper House. This bill, which rids us of the colonial mindset, is a dynamic step towards promoting transparency, ease of doing business and freedom of the press. Earlier, the process, which took around 2–3 years and required the physical presence of the person in front of ...

Newdelhi:29/7/23:The largest international literature festival in Asia, called “Unmesh” will take place in Bhopal from August 3rd to August 6th. President Draupadi Murmur will inaugurate the festival and will feature over 575 writers from approximately 100 languages participating in more than 75 programs. In addition to writers from India, participants from 13 other countries will also be present. It is ...

Newdelhi:28/7/23:Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, is participating in the much-awaited book fair of the city, the Delhi Book Fair, being held at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi from 29th July to 2nd August, 2023. The 27th edition of the fair is being organised by India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO) in association with Federation of Indian Publishers (FIP).  Publications Division will be exhibiting ...

Newdelhi27/7/23:Honorable Education and Skills Development Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan  in his seed speech at the bilateral national conference associated with women discussion said that Yagyaseni is the statue of Indian feminine discussion and Padma Bhushan Pratibha Ray is an institution in itself and national education Policy-2020 talks about connecting India with its roots, Matrashakti Shakti-Sri Vimarsh’s humanitarian approach, these roots ...

Newdelhi:27/7/2 3:The Ministry of Culture through its autonomous body, Sahitya Akademi holds literary programmes for promotion of the north eastern tribal languages such as Mizo, Ao, Garo, Chakma, Rabha, Karbi, Hmar, Lepcha, Khasi, Tangkhul, Missing, Tenydie, Kokborok, Jaintia, etc. The Akademi encourages regional dialects and languages through Bhasha Samman for outstanding contribution in the field of classical and medieval literature ...

Newdelhi:25/7/23:Under the joint aegis of Central Sanskrit University and Sangeet Natak Akademi, by  the guidance of Honorable Vice-Chancellor Prof. Srinivas Varkhedi, a National Women’s Seminar has been organized on 27th & 28th,July,2023 at Kamini Auditorium, New Delhi.On 27th,July at 4.30pm on wards Seminar on  Yagyaseni Patience,Penance and Power: Demystifying Women in Indian Epics and Literature will be held,which  was  based ...

Bhubaneswar:21/7/23:The third Akshaya Upanayasa Puraskar, instituted by the Pratibha Ray Foundation Trust and Adya Prakashani was conferred on writer Sri Nirmal Rout for his historical novel GALANI TA GALA KATHA published by Banaphula Publications, Bhubaneswar in an elegant ceremony at Jayadev Bhawan, Bhubaneswar on 20th July 2023 The award has been instituted in memory of eminent engineer Shri Akshaya Chandra ...

Bhubaneswar:22/6/23:The Pratibha Ray Foundation Trust has immense pleasure in announcing the result of the Third Akshaya Memorial Award for novel writing in Odia for writers below fifty years.The selection commitee short-listed 6 books out of  20 entries & unanimously declared writer Nirmal Rout  as the winner of the Third Akshaya Upanyasa Puraskar for his novel ” Galani Ta Gala Katha”, ...

Bhubaneswar:8/5/23: The prestigious Atibadi Jagannath Das Puraskar, the highest literary award of Odisha Sahitya Akademi was  presented  three eminent Odia writers on Monday for their outstanding contribution. While renowned writer Pratibha Ray will be conferred with the award for 2021, distinguished writer   receive the purasakr for 2022.Similarly, eminent writer Srinibas Udgata  was conferred  the award for 2023 for his outstanding ...