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Places, relationships, nature, domestic experiences: these are the main sources of Manorama Biswal Mohapatra's poems. The print plight of Shanti Niketan Tagore's Dream-University saddens and infuriates the poet who admires its founding genious. Its dance has been stilled; devils and dragous have turned that sweet dream into a fierce nightmare. Its cry makes her listless, nostalgic about its glorious past that had initiated her into the art of poetry and music. This unrest soon grows into self-pity, she feels she is a woman in exile trying to climb up a broken ladder. The poet pays rich tribute to her mother who had first planted dreams in her: she never capsizes, never ceases to burn. There is a goddess in every mother, she says. Her decrepit village pains her as much as her house whose love and faith have given way to sadness and gloom. The poems, mostly, have an elegiac tone: yet there are moments too of hope and assurance of survival. Prof. K. Satchidanandan Eminent Poet & Professor of Malayalam Language Ex-Secretary Central Sahitya Academy

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"Among the front ranking writers of Odisha today Dr. Manorama Biswal Mohapatra certainly occupies a dignified position. A Viswa Bharati University, Santiniketan product, the prolific writer has penned and published 40 collections of Poems and lyrics, 30 literary works for children during her creative career spanning over five decades. Besides this a number of Academic works were also published. She was Formerly Professor of Odia Language and Literature. Manorama is a member of a number of coveted literary fora including the Central and State Sahitya Akademies. She has won numerous awards like State Sahitya Academy for her poetry ""Phalguni Tithira Jhia"". She had the honour of participating in the World Congress of Poets in Greece, and international Literary Seminars in London, Sweden, New York, Mauritius, Bangladesh, Nepal etc. Her Poetry Books have been translated to all Indian languages such as English, Hindi, Bengali, Assamese, Urdu, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Punjabi, French, Maithili and Marathi etc. She has also been honoured by the Punjab Kala Sahitya Akademy, Amritsar for her lifetime achievement of Children's Literature. Recipient of several prestigious awards for literary excellence, and got senior fellowship from Govt. of India, New Delhi. Quite a few of her lyrics have been made into remarkable audio-visual CD by T. Series."

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