Eminent poet Padmashree Jayant Mohapatra released yet another collection of Indian English poetry A Daughter Speaks written by Dr Shruti Das, granddaughter of late Pandit Nilakantha Das, here on Thursday evening.
Sahitya Akademi award winner Soubhagya Mishra and litterateur Himanshu Mohapatra also attended the book launching ceremony as guests of honour which was held at the readers’ lounge of the Kitab Mahal at College Square. Speaking high of the young writer’s creative insight, Jayant Mohapatra hoped that Shruti would continue to write and contribute immensely in the field of literature. Similarly, Soubhagya Mishra and Himanshu Mohapatra made critical analysis of the poems penned by Shruti.