The Kendra Sahitya Akademi organised “Narichetana” to honour six Odia women writers here on Sunday. The programme began with welcome address by Sahitya Akademi’s Odia Advisory Board convener Dr Gourahari Das. Introducing the speakers, Das said, many successful Odia women writers are living outside the State. The Sahitya Akademi seeks to honour them through the programme.
Explaining the difference between men and women, Das quoted a philosopher saying, “A man forgets an incident, doesn’t forgive, but a woman doesn’t forget, but can forgive.” All the six women speakers who are from Odisha but living in other States shared their experience and journey in the world of writing.
They read out from their works before the audience. Poet Nandini Sahu whose birthplace is G Udayagiri but lives in Delhi said, “One can find solidarity and gender sensitivity in my poems.” She has four collections of poems. She recited some of her poems on the occasion.
Prolific writers Yashodhara Mishra, Giribala Mohanty, Punyaprava Devi, Sujata Acharya, and Kamala Satpathy also read out from their writings. The programme was dedicated to poetry and story reading on women. Dr Das chaired the programme while Banoj Tripathy gave vote of thanks.