A novel, “PRABASI”, written by former DG of Police and eminent writer Sarat Chandra Mishra about the sorrow and sufferings and happiness of the Odia families who stayed outside of the country during the partition in 1947, has been released.
It was unveiled in a ceremony presided over by Niranjan Rath, president, Lok Sevak Mandal, Odisha Branch, at the DAV School of Business Management here in the presence of founder-president of Sarala Sahitya Sansad Er Pravakar Swain, Eminent speaker Deba Prasad Das and publisher Lalit Mohan Pattnayak were guests of honour.
This book is the seventh creation of Mishra reflecting the life history of some Odia families during his visit to Silet district of Bangladesh while he was the Counsellor of Indian High Commissioner at Dhaka.
In the function, eminent literati Santanu Kumar Acharya and Dr Naba Kishore Mishra were felicitated.
The programme was organised under the leadership of Dr DN Mishra, Principal, DAV School of Business Management.
Mishra has published many novels, life histories, book reviews and stories, among which the Dream, Kalahandi and the Rain God, Sonar Bangla are notable.