Pradeep Biswal
Hara Prasad Das is a reputation to be reckoned with in up to date Odia literature. He excels as a poet, an essayist, a columnist and a thinker. One can see a refreshing tone and one thing novel in his writings.
Some attributes that his writings are fairly often incomprehensible for the widespread readers however his credentials as an mental is effectively recognised. He is likely one of the few getting access to the western and pan Indian literature in addition to the Odia literary traditions.
I do not forget that when he returned to Odisha in early nineties he began writing a daily column in every day Sambad and it was a revisiting of our wealthy poetic traditions ranging from Sarala Das. It created a ripple among the many Odia writers and mental circles.
The revolutionary method in his writings was extensively appreciated and mentioned. I recall that in a gathering in Utkal College Visitor Home at some point these days the veteran author Prof Chandra Sekhar Rath brazenly praised him for his column and instructed that he felt like touching his toes for his scholarly articles. One can see his erudition and appreciation of our historic poets in his personal manner, which had escaped the discover of our critics until then.
Though in his youthful days he created a sensation by his works of fiction, he was nearly silent for years when he was posted exterior the State for fairly a very long time. From the nineties onwards he turned some of the prolific writers of Odia literature.
He is an effective orator and all the time offers new interpretations of issues to the keen viewers. He had additionally acquired an excellent fame as a tricky and educated officer in IAAS cadre and occupied many key positions in Authorities of India. He had served as Principal Accountant Basic in states like Odisha and Bihar. He’s an individual who calls a spade a spade and subsequently incurred the displeasure of many in his life. Nevertheless, he by no means surrendered to his detractors at any level.
His epic poem Desha (the Nation) which bought translated into Hindi is a novel work of poetry and it obtained enormous vital appreciation at nationwide degree. His poems depict the philosophy of life in numerous hues and are full of bizarre pictures and metaphors created in his personal model.
One will really feel as if the poet is in intimate dialog with the readers and the characters are picked up from the bizarre day at this time. The diction of his poetry distinguishes him from his contemporaries and has earned him a novel place in current day Indian poetry situation.
On the private degree he’s very heat and affectionate notably with the younger writers. He used to edit a daily part in a literary journal that includes younger poets and giving his vital appreciation of their writings. It made him massively common among the many younger poets. He’s credited with a dozen poetry collections and plenty of books of essays.
He deservingly bagged many awards together with Sahitya Akademi award in 1999, Sarala Award and Gangadhar Nationwide Award for Poetry in 2008 and Moorti devi Award in 2013. Of late a few of his writings have political overtones inviting criticism in sure quarters however an mental needn’t be essentially apolitical. One has a proper in a democracy to take sides and exhibit his dedication to sure rules he believes to be proper. Mental discourse within the public area must be inspired and the voice of dissent must be honoured in a real democratic custom.
My affiliation with him dates again to the nineties after we used to fulfill often in numerous literary conferences and it was all the time refreshing to speak to him. When he was Principal AG in Bihar posted at Ranchi I visited Ranchi with my esteemed pals Dr Gourahari Das and Paresh Patnaik and he prolonged his heat hospitality throughout our keep. His firm isn’t any much less memorable.
(Mr. Pradeep Biswal is a bilingual poet writing each in Odia and English. His poems are extensively anthologized. He’s additionally an editor and translator of reputation. A retired IAS Officer, Mr. Biswal presently holds the place of Member, Odisha Actual Property Regulatory Authority and stays along with his household at Bhubaneswar. Views are Private)
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