Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday released a book titled ‘Lockdown Lyrics’, a collection of poems written by Sanjukta Dash.
The poems are an unadulterated narration of the author’s experiences and exasperations during the Covid pandemic. Dash has reflected all the trauma and tribulations and hopes and aspirations of humanity during this most critical journey of society for a long time.
The Chief Minister appreciated the creative genius of Dash that has mirrored emotions of all of us during the difficult times of the pandemic.
Dash is a well-known name in Odia literature. She has three anthologies of poetries in Odia, ‘Antaswar’, ‘Amrut Anwesha’ and ‘Apekshare Ebe Bi’. ‘Lockdown Lyrics’ is her debut endeavour in English literature published by the Authors Press, New Delhi.
