The State’s oldest Odia weekly “Nabeen” (1930-2021) observed its 60th ‘Bisuba Meelan Samaroha’ here on Wednesday on the “Maha Bishuv Sankranti” and Odia New Year, informed Nabeen Pathagar and Sahitya Prateesthan president Rabi Rath.
The inaugural session was followed by a ‘Kabita Pathatotsav’. Krushna Chandra Tripathy presided over the first session dedicated to Kabita Pathatotsav while Dr Dambarudhar Sahu was guest of honour.
Poet Neelakantha Sahu, Asst Professor Jyostshna Kumari Pradhan and poet Bandana Mishra coordinated the event.
The second session was a seminar on the significance of Maha Bishuv Sankranti followed by a felicitation ceremony in which renowned social worker and medicine specialist Prof PC Sahu of MKCG Medical College Hospital was chief guest.
Former Professor of Economics of Berhampur University Prof Raghunath Padhy Sharma was guest of honour. Educationist Manas Kasturi Ganesh Prasad Panda was chief speaker.
The second session was coordinated by ‘Nabeen Pathagar and Sahitya Prateesthan’ secretary Kapil Chandra Mohanty, social worker Ramakrushna Patra was present. Those who were felicitated included educationist Bhagirathi Behera
(Brahmapur), educationist and literary figure Harihara Choudhury (Hinjili), educationist and popular spiritual speaker Jagannath Panda (Chatrapur), renowned Orthopaedic surgeon and litterateur Dr Shankarsan Patra (Brahmapur) and young story writer (Banapur) Susant Kumar Dash.