‘Feel proud as Odia, promote mother tongue’

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‘Feel proud as Odia, promote mother tongue’

Sunday, 23 February 2020 | PNS | BARIPADA

A meeting was held in the local Universal Coaching Point premises to mark the International Mother Language Day on Friday.

The function attracted many lovers of Odia language and literature of the town. The speakers participating in the programme called for Odias’ self-respect and emphasised on the need for feeling proud of being Odias. They urged for popularising Odia language in all spheres and particularly among English-educated Odia people.

The meeting, organised by the Mayurbhanj Pustak Mela and convened by its secretary Manoj Dalbehera, was presided over by Pustak Mela vice-president Ajit Kumar Kabat. While Dr Banaja Mohanty was the chief guest on the  occasion, poet Brundavan Dash and Jatin Kumar Das were the special guests.

The programme was attended by leading intellectuals like Himansu Sekhar Das, Kavi Vishnu Satpathy, Kaveri Mishra, Sunil Jena, Sudhamayee Das, Bichitrananda Sahu, Shankar Jena, Swarupanand Bisoi, Dinabandhu Bhanj, Kamalakant Praharaj, Samarendra Basa, Jayant Dwari, Narasingh Barik, Vishswar Dwivedy, Bharati Bebarta and Kaivalya Prasad Mohapatra.

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