The Katha Utsav 2013
 
 
 
 
 

Manas Ranjan Mahapatra

  
  Name of the Workshop- Importance of reading and writing>Careers  
 

Indian educational activist, poet and editor ShriManasRanjanMahapatra, is also a fiction writer and has two books to his credit namely Unit TinraPremika (Short Story Collection) and Nisaanga (Novel). A regular translator, he has rendered more than 10 books from Hindi and English into Oriya including RaghubirSahaya’s anthology of poems Log BhoolGayenHain for SahityaAkademi. 

  
  Activities at the workshop- Manas, an educational activist, poet and editor spoke at length on how reading and writing affected all of us in our everyday life and how we can create or enter innovative careers based on this. He also emphasized reading for contentment and how reading is also very personal for each individual.  
     
 
             
     
             



KATHA, a Indian publisher of children’s story books and translated fiction, has been working in the areas of creative writing and translation for nearly 25 years. I Love Reading is a programme to promote creative writing and translation among students and seeks to nurture their creativity by giving them a platform to share their writing, thereby inspiring generations of future writers.

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