The famine of 1866 decimated millions in Orissa. At that time, Oriya society was plagued by an apathetic colonial administration, fervent religious activism and Brahminical caste discrimination. Few were ready
Be they Bengali or Icelandic, the poems included in Sudeep Sen's new book of translations are good but – perhaps even more important, for this particular work – also read
Cast Out:
Poems of anger and angst
by Basudev Sunani
translated by J P Das
Rupantara, 2009
Modern Oriya verse is said to have begun in the 15th century, when
