Odisha-born Bilina Pattanaik’s debut novel Tamanna, A Wish was a huge hit in just-concluded Delhi Book Fair 2013. This was informed by Director of the Readworthy Publications Shalaj Mittal.
Mittal said more than 350 copies of Tamanna, A Wish were sold, adding, “We sold all the copies we brought for Delhi. In this novel, Bilina Pattanaik brings out the different shades of a person’s personality and the deep long desires of the human with the challenging uncertainties of life. She makes an attempt to illustrate every emotion of an ordinary woman through her character Samedha.
Pattanaik considers this novel to be her first milestone and promises to come back soon with another new story for her readers.
On the last day of the Delhi Book Fair, Pattanaik met readers, fans and media at the Pragati Maidan. later in the evening, the Odisha Journalist Association in New Delhi felicitated her at a meeting attended by association president Kishore Dwibedi and IIMC Dhenkanal Director Mrinal Chatterji, among others.
Bilina Pattanaik is now based in Bangalore. She is a management professional and works with an IT company. She was born and brought up in the small town of Khatiguda in Nabrangpur district.
She loves to smile and believes that a smile is like “a beauty spot on the cheek of life”. She is a strong believer of destiny and full of optimism. She strongly believes that in life one does not need a reason to make others smile, but there is absolutely no excuse for hurting someone.