THE WEIGHT OF WHAT REMAINS By Lokanath Mishra Meera often thought that love was not the loud thing people claimed it to be. With Raghav, it had always been quiet, persistent, stitched into the ordinary hours of the day. Their marriage did not begin with fireworks but with long conversations on the terrace of a […]
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The Shape of What We Learn to Hold By Lokanath Mishra Raman Verma was thirty-eight when he stopped pretending that solitude was punishment. It had once felt like exile—rooms too quiet, nights too long—but now it felt like a consequence he could finally live inside without breaking things. He had been married three times. Each
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The Things We Carry Home By Lokanath Mishra: Aarohi Sen believed people when they spoke gently. She believed Ritwik Malhotra when he said, “You’re my best friend,” because the sentence sounded ordinary, and ordinary things are often the most trusted. They had grown into each other’s lives without naming it. Shared meals. Shared silences. The
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ପ୍ରଦୁଷିତ ବାୟୁସାରଦା ପ୍ରସାଦ ମିଶ୍ର ଅବନୀ ମଣ୍ଡନ କରି ଅନିଳସଦା ଯୋଗ।ଏ ତା ଶରୀରେ ବଳଅମ୍ଳଜାନ ଦାନେ ପ୍ରାଣୀ ସକଳ ଆନନ୍ଦ ଉଲ୍ଲାସେ ଯେ ଗତିଶୀଳ ଆଜି ହୋଇଛି ଦୁର୍ବଳ ଶରୀର ତାହାର ଯନ୍ତ୍ରଣା କ।ତର ଅବସ୍ଥାଟି ଅସମ୍ଭାଳ ।ଆଜିର ଭୋଗବାଦୀ ମଣିଷଚାହେଁ ସଦାକାଳେ ଭୋଗ ବିଳାସ ପ୍ରାକୃତିକ କ୍ଷେତ୍ର ଲଭେ ବିନାଶକୁତ୍ରିମତା ବେଗେ କରେ ପ୍ରବେଶକଷ୍ଟ ନିଶ୍ୱାସ ପ୍ରଶ୍ୱ।ସ ଫୁସ୍ ଫୁସ୍ ହୋଇ ଯାଏ ବଳହୀନ ମହାମାରୀ କରେ ଗ୍ରାସ।କଳ କାରଖାନା ଗାଡ଼ି ମଟରଉଦ୍ ଗାରଇ
THE DAY THE SIRENS LOOKED AWAY By Lokanath Mishra: Ananya Sharma had learned, over forty years of living, that danger rarely announced itself. It arrived quietly, disguised as routine. That Monday afternoon felt ordinary enough—lectures completed, attendance sheets tucked into her cloth bag, the echo of student voices trailing behind her as she stepped out
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ସାହିତ୍ୟିକ ସୁରେନ୍ଦ୍ର ମହାନ୍ତିଙ୍କ ପୁଣ୍ୟତିଥିରେ ଶ୍ରଦ୍ଧାଞ୍ଜଳି ତପନ ନାୟକ ଜାନୁଆରୀ ୧୦ ତାରିଖ ହେଉଛି ଓଡ଼ିଶାର ବିଶିଷ୍ଟ ସାହିତ୍ୟିକ, ସାମ୍ବାଦିକ ତଥା ରାଜନେତା ସୁରେନ୍ଦ୍ର ମହାନ୍ତିଙ୍କ ପୁଣ୍ୟତିଥି। ସୁରେନ୍ଦ୍ର ମହାନ୍ତି (୧୯୨୨-୧୯୯୦) ଥିଲେ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ସାହିତ୍ୟ ଆକାଶର ଏକ ଉଜ୍ଜ୍ୱଳ ନକ୍ଷତ୍ର। ସେ ଏକାଧାରରେ ଜଣେ କାଳଜୟୀ ଔପନ୍ୟାସିକ, ଗାଳ୍ପିକ, ସମାଲୋଚକ, ସାମ୍ବାଦିକ ଏବଂ ଜଣେ ସଫଳ ରାଜନେତା ଥିଲେ। ସେ ଜଣେ କେନ୍ଦ୍ର ସାହିତ୍ୟ ଏକାଡେମୀ ପୁରସ୍କାର ପ୍ରାପ୍ତ ଲେଖକ। ତାଙ୍କର ପ୍ରସିଦ୍ଧ ପୁସ୍ତକ ‘ନୀଳଶୈଳ’
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Collateral Tomorrow By Lokanath Mishra Aarohi learned early that love rarely announces its terms. It enters quietly, through tone and patience, through the careful way someone waits while you finish a thought. When Raghav first spoke to her, he did not rush. He listened as if listening itself were devotion. He remembered the smallest things—how
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A Story of Dvapar Yuga in Prose ( part-27-C) By Lokanath Mishra ( Mahabharata in Prose)Yudhishthira, in a certain manner, compelled the guards to return to Hastinapura. After returning, the chief guard met Shakuni and informed him, “One horseman had earlier gone from Hastinapura to Varanavata. Who he was and why he went there could
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A Story of Dvapar Yuga in Prose (Part 27-B) By Lokanath Mishra ( Mahabharata in Prose) Yudhishthira and Bhima bowed before Vidura. Vidura blessed them and said,“Dhritarashtra had asked who should rightfully be the heir to the throne of Hastinapura. In reply, when grandsire Bhishma, the elder of the Kuru clan Bhurishrava, and I declared
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A Story of Dvapar Yuga in Prose (Part-27A) By Lokanath Mishra ( Mahabharata in Prose)Belamali, enchanted by Bhima’s appearance, carried his lifeless body down to the netherworld (Pātāla) to her father, the Serpent King Ananta. At Belamali’s request, King Ananta fed Bhima the nectar of immortality and restored his life. When Bhima regained consciousness, he
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