Poet Jayanta Mahapatra

Cuttack: The globally acclaimed legendary poet from Odisha and Padma Shri awardee Jayanta Mahapatra was cremated with full state honours at Khan Nagar in Cuttack on Monday. Minister Ranendra Pratap Swain and Cuttack Municipal Corporation…

Noted poet Jayanta Mahapatra returned the Padma Shri award in 2015. It was his mark of protest against growing intolerance in India. In a letter addressed to then President of India Pranab Mukherjee, the great literary personality of…