New Odia Books

Pitabas Routray publishes two books

Pitabas Routray has recently published two books: an anthology of fiction centred around Lord Jagannath titled " Katha Dharare Shree Jagannath"(Shree Jagannath in the stream of Tales); and a collection of his humorous stories and articles (in Odia this genre is called ramya rachana) titled "Chati Chiridele Tu"(If I cut open my heart, you are there).
Both the books have been published by Cuttack based publisher Jagannath Rath. "Chati Chiridele Tu"was released on 1 June on the occasion of the birth centenary of the legendary humour writer of Odisha, Faturananda.
Routray is a well known littérateur in Odisha who has published three fiction collections and three ramyarachana collection.
He loves to write on and about Lord Jagannath. He has published 11 anthologies on people's impressions on the Lord, 5 collections of stories, 1 poetry collection and 2 essays collection centred around the Lord.
For his contribution to literature he has received several awards and has been ffelicitated by many literary and cultural organisations.
"Chati Chiridele Tu" has 19 of his select ramya rachana and his interview with Saroj Bal.
Katha Dharare Shree Jagannath contains 27 stories, authored by well known fiction writers of Odisha including Chandrasekhar Rath, Santanu Kumar Acharya, Banaj Devi, Prativa Ray and others.