A poem collection Swagatokti written by senior Journalism professor Mihir Ranjan Patra was released by Tourism Minister Ashok Panda at the Jayadev Bhavan here on Tuesday.
The book, a collection of 58 poems in Odia, was a translated version of Patra’s Hindi book published by the Haryana Sahitya Academy. “We are going to translate the book into other Indian languages including Punjabi, Bengali, Kannada and Urdu very soon,” said Patra.
Prof Patra is teaching students of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication of Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology at Hisar in Haryana.
At the same venue, Patra’s wife Dr Jyostna’s oil painting exhibition was also inaugurated by the Minister. A total of 20 paintings divided in three categories, Ashwa-Sakata, Ardhabruta and Manaschitra, were unveiled.
Among others, Information and Public Relations Department Secretary Pradeep Kumar Jena, journalist Dillip Kumar Satpathy and publisher of the Dhauli Publications Dr Maheswar were present.