Odia weekly Rakta Chabuk celebrated the Debarshi Jayanti here recently. Attending the festival as guests Utkal Bharat president Aira Kharavella Swain, former MlA Sudhir Kumar Samal, CPI Natonal Council member Ramakrushna Panda, BJP State vice-president Ashok Kumar Sahu and senior journalist Nilambar Rath spoke on value-based news and paid news.
Journalists Sadasiva Mohapatra, Imtiaz Hussain, Biranchi Narayan Mohapatra, Pradeep Senapati, Aravinda Sahu, Sisira Satpathy and Besweswar Sethy were felicitated with Debarshi Narada Samman – 2013. A book written by Prof Sankarsan Jena “Gaon Matira Kichi Katha ‘O’ Byatha” was also released. The meeting was presided over by senior journalist Pradyumna Prasad Rath, while Rakta Chabuk editor Gagan Bihary Panda gave the introductory speech. Dinesh Dash, Ratan Nair, Satya Kar and Athaya Sahu coordinated.