Mrs. Shobha De, who inaugurated the Bhubaneswar Book Fair in march, 2007, had also inaugurated the ORIENTAL ACADEMY pavilion which displayed books on Women's writing in India. The original and translated works Aof Indian Women Authors in English and different Indian Languages of the Library had been selected for display on the opening day of the Book Fair. The distinguished Author, editor and Socialite Mrs. Shobha De took keen interest in the selections and went through the catalogues and collections of the Library with great interest. She enquired about the activities of the Academy and expressed her pleasure on the stress given by the Academy to Feminism and Women's Studies. She charmed the bibliophiles and visitors to the Book Fair with her eloquence and grace . She exchanged her views with the office bearers of the Academy on various translation works of prominent Women Authors, and was very happy to learn about the efforts of the Academy to publish the Life and Works of Sappho, the great Lyric Poet poet of 7th century B.C. . The works of authors included Sarojini Naidu, Toru Dutt, Rokeya Hossain, Kamala Markandeya, Nayantara Sehgal, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Dina Mehta, Santha Rama Rao, Attia Hussein, Kamala Das, Anita Desai, Eunice de Souza, Suniti Namjoshi, Bharati Mukherjee, Gauri Deshpande, Arundhati Roy, Shobha De, Monika Verma, Kiran Desai, Jhumpa Lahiri, Taslima Nasrin, Nargis Dalal, Gita Mehta, Rukmini Bhaya Nayar, Meena Alexander, Anna Sujata Mathai, Bapsi Sidhwa, Shashi Despande, Kamalini Sengupta, Namita Gokhale, Maheswata Ray, Sujata Bhatt, Urvashi Butalia, Chitra Bannerji Divakaruni, Radhika Jha, Jai Nimbakar, Manjula Padmanabhan, Abha Dawesar, Anita Agnihotri, Indira Goswami, Swarnakumari Devi, Binodoni Dasi, Rasasundari Dasi, Pandita Ramabai Saraswati, Lila majumdar, Ashapurna Devi, Kabita Sinha, Nabanita Deb Sen, Pratibha Basu, Bani Basu, Jaya Mitra, K. K. Dyson, Padma Sachdev, Mahadevi Verma, Mrinal Pande, Ruth Vanita, C. S. Lakshmi, Qurratulin Hyder, Kuntala Kumari Sabat, Basanta Kumari Patnaik, Binapani Mohanty, Pratibha Ray, Jashodhara Mishra, Ajeet Caur, Amrita Pritam, Manjit Tiwana, Ismat Chugtai, Krishna Sobti, Wajida Tabassum and many more. Mrs. Shobha de was so impressed and moved with the activities of the Academy that she congratulated the office bearers and wrote - "A Woman's voice must be heard." All her Books, which were displayed in the pavilion becamAe the centre of attraction, particularly with the young mass. It was followed with the theme "Feminism and gender Studies". Seminal works on Feminism and gender Studies like A Vindication of the Rights of Women, The Feminine Mystique, The Second Sex, The Female Eunuch, Sexual Politics, Fire with Fire, Revolutions from Within, Woman - An Intimate Geography,Sexual Parsonae, Rape- The Ultimate Violation, Lesbian Lifestyles, Sakhiyani-Lesbian Desire in Ancient and Modern India, Feminism & Sexuality, Broken Silence : Voices of Japanese Feminism, French Feminism, Women as Subjects, Feminism and Pornography, Feminism and Film, Films and Feminism, etc were of great interest to the scholars as well as the general public.
A BLOGSPOT DEDICATED TO ART, LITERATURE, FILM, MUSIC, FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS AND OTHER CREATIVE ACTIVITIES AIMING AT ENRICHING THE HUMANITY AS A WHOLE IRRESPECTIVE OF GEOGRAPHICAL, POLITICAL AND CULTURAL BOUNDARIES
BIBLIOPHILE, AUTHOR,
TRANSLATOR, HAS MANY ORIGINAL & TRANSLATED STORIES, FEATURES AND ARTICLES TO HIS CREDIT. AUTHOR OF`ANTARLEENA SAPPHO', A SEMINAL WORK ON THE LIFE & WORKS OF THE FAMOUS 7TH CENTURY B.C. GREEK LYRIC POET SAPPHO,
AND `JHADA BATASHARA PAKSHEE', A COLLECTION OF POEMS OF MARINA TSVETAEVA, OSIP MANDELSTAM,ANNA AKHMATOVA & BORIS PASTERNAK TRANSLATED FROM RUSSIAN TO ORIYA LANGUAGE WITH INTRODUCTION. AFTER WORKING IN CORPORATE SECTOR IN RESPONSIBLE ASSIGNMENTS FOR 25 YEARS, NOW HE IS DEDICATED TO ART, CULTURE AND HUMANITARIAN ACTIVITIES. AT PRESENT WORKS AS THE DIRECTOR OF ORIENTAL ACADEMY OF ARTS & LETTERS, BHUBANESWAR
Mrs. Shobha De, who inaugurated the Bhubaneswar Book Fair in march, 2007, had also inaugurated the ORIENTAL ACADEMY pavilion which displayed books on Women's writing in India. The original and translated works Aof Indian Women Authors in English and different Indian Languages of the Library had been selected for display on the opening day of the Book Fair. The distinguished Author, editor and Socialite Mrs. Shobha De took keen interest in the selections and went through the catalogues and collections of the Library with great interest. She enquired about the activities of the Academy and expressed her pleasure on the stress given by the Academy to Feminism and Women's Studies. She charmed the bibliophiles and visitors to the Book Fair with her eloquence and grace . She exchanged her views with the office bearers of the Academy on various translation works of prominent Women Authors, and was very happy to learn about the efforts of the Academy to publish the Life and Works of Sappho, the great Lyric Poet poet of 7th century B.C. . The works of authors included Sarojini Naidu, Toru Dutt, Rokeya Hossain, Kamala Markandeya, Nayantara Sehgal, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Dina Mehta, Santha Rama Rao, Attia Hussein, Kamala Das, Anita Desai, Eunice de Souza, Suniti Namjoshi, Bharati Mukherjee, Gauri Deshpande, Arundhati Roy, Shobha De, Monika Verma, Kiran Desai, Jhumpa Lahiri, Taslima Nasrin, Nargis Dalal, Gita Mehta, Rukmini Bhaya Nayar, Meena Alexander, Anna Sujata Mathai, Bapsi Sidhwa, Shashi Despande, Kamalini Sengupta, Namita Gokhale, Maheswata Ray, Sujata Bhatt, Urvashi Butalia, Chitra Bannerji Divakaruni, Radhika Jha, Jai Nimbakar, Manjula Padmanabhan, Abha Dawesar, Anita Agnihotri, Indira Goswami, Swarnakumari Devi, Binodoni Dasi, Rasasundari Dasi, Pandita Ramabai Saraswati, Lila majumdar, Ashapurna Devi, Kabita Sinha, Nabanita Deb Sen, Pratibha Basu, Bani Basu, Jaya Mitra, K. K. Dyson, Padma Sachdev, Mahadevi Verma, Mrinal Pande, Ruth Vanita, C. S. Lakshmi, Qurratulin Hyder, Kuntala Kumari Sabat, Basanta Kumari Patnaik, Binapani Mohanty, Pratibha Ray, Jashodhara Mishra, Ajeet Caur, Amrita Pritam, Manjit Tiwana, Ismat Chugtai, Krishna Sobti, Wajida Tabassum and many more. Mrs. Shobha de was so impressed and moved with the activities of the Academy that she congratulated the office bearers and wrote - "A Woman's voice must be heard." All her Books, which were displayed in the pavilion becamAe the centre of attraction, particularly with the young mass. It was followed with the theme "Feminism and gender Studies". Seminal works on Feminism and gender Studies like A Vindication of the Rights of Women, The Feminine Mystique, The Second Sex, The Female Eunuch, Sexual Politics, Fire with Fire, Revolutions from Within, Woman - An Intimate Geography,Sexual Parsonae, Rape- The Ultimate Violation, Lesbian Lifestyles, Sakhiyani-Lesbian Desire in Ancient and Modern India, Feminism & Sexuality, Broken Silence : Voices of Japanese Feminism, French Feminism, Women as Subjects, Feminism and Pornography, Feminism and Film, Films and Feminism, etc were of great interest to the scholars as well as the general public. 
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