A book Periodical Press and Colonial Modernity, Odisha, 1866-1936 written by Vice-Chancellor of Central University of Orissa (CUO) Prof Sachidananda Mohanty was released at the Odisha State Archives here on Saturday.
Poet Ramakant Rath released the book and traced the growth of the Odia periodical Press.
Utkal University English Professor Jatindra K Nayak, Sambad editor Soumya Ranjan Patnaik and writer Gourahari Das were present as speakers. Patnaik spoke about the survivals of different periodicals of Odisha.
The book is an excellent research work on the society during the colonial period of Odisha presented by Mohanty, said Prof Nayak.
Prof Sachidananda Mohanty elaborated about the research work at the time of writing the book.
The book was released by the Oxford University Press.