My blogs

Blogs I follow

Gender	Male
Industry	Non-Profit
Occupation	DIRECTOR, ORIENTAL ACADEMY OF ARTS & LETTERS
Location	BHUBANESWAR, ORISSA, India
Introduction	BIBLIOPHILE, AUTHOR, TRANSLATOR, HAS MANY ORIGINAL & TRANSLATED STORIES, FEATURES AND ARTICLES TO HIS CREDIT. AUTHOR OF`ANTARLEENA SAPPHO', A SEMINAL WORK ON THE LIFE & WORKS OF THE FAMOUS 7TH CENTURY B.C. GREEK LYRIC POET SAPPHO, AND `JHADA BATASHARA PAKSHEE', A COLLECTION OF POEMS OF MARINA TSVETAEVA, OSIP MANDELSTAM,ANNA AKHMATOVA & BORIS PASTERNAK TRANSLATED FROM RUSSIAN TO ORIYA LANGUAGE WITH INTRODUCTION. AFTER WORKING IN CORPORATE SECTOR IN RESPONSIBLE ASSIGNMENTS FOR 25 YEARS, NOW HE IS DEDICATED TO ART, CULTURE AND HUMANITARIAN ACTIVITIES. AT PRESENT WORKS AS THE DIRECTOR OF ORIENTAL ACADEMY OF ARTS & LETTERS, BHUBANESWAR
Interests	BOOKS,PHOTOGRAPHY, FILMS, ART & PAINTING,MUSIC, DANCE,CHESS, ANTIQUE BOOKS AND MATERIALS
Favorite movies	RASHOMON,BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN,ROMAN HOLIDAY,CRANES ARE FLYING,WOMAN IN THE DUNES,MEGHE DHAKA TARA,HIROSHIMA MON AMOR,MATIRA MANISHA,DEEP JWELE JAYE,SUBARNAREKHA,CHARULATA, SIMABADDHA, PRATIDWANDI
Favorite music	BISMILLAH KHAN'S SEHNAI, FLUTE OF HARIPRASAD CHOURASIA,SHIV KUMAR SHARMA'S SHANTUR,BADI GULAM ALI KHAN,BEGUM AKHTAR,AJAY CHAKRABORTY, BEETHOVEN, BACH, FOLK SONGS OF EAST BENGAL & RAJASTHAN
Favorite books	THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA, HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE, CHITRALEKHA, TARAS BULBA,CRY THE BELOVED COUNTRY, UNCLE TOM'S CABIN,ILIAD,ODYSSEY,MAHABHARATA,RAMAYANA,A WOMAN SPEAKS, IN FAVOUR OF A SENSITIVE MAN