Cuttack, Apr 25: Noted litterateur Binapani Mohanty was cremated with full state honors at Sati Chaura crematorium here on Monday.
The mortal remains of Padma Shri Binapani was accorded a ceremonial guard of honor Sati Chaura crematorium.
Cuttack Collector Bhabani Shankar Chaini, DCP Prateek Singh and former Choudwar-Cuttack MLA Prabhat Ranjan Biswal were present at the crematorium to pay their last tribute to the departed eminent Odia Writer. On Sunday night she breathed her last at the age of 85 at her residence in Cuttack city.
An academician by profession, had begun her literary career as a story-teller with the publication of ‘Gotie Ratira Kahani’ – an Odia fiction – in 1960.
Some of her best known stories are ‘Pata Dei’, ‘Khela Ghara’, ‘Naiku Rasta’, ‘Bastraharana’, ‘Andhakarara’, ‘Kasturi Murga O Sabuja Aranya’ and ‘Michhi Michhika’.
Her short story ‘Pata Dei’ was published as ‘Lata’ in Femina in 1986. In 1987, its Hindi dramatisation was telecasted in Doordarshan as a series called ‘Kashmakash’.
She was honoured with the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1990 for her collection of short stories titled ‘Pata Dei and other stories’. She was conferred with Padma Shri in 2020 for her contribution to literature. She had also received Atibadi Jagannath Das award and Sarala Samman.
Many her short stories have been translated into English, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Bengali, Urdu, Telegu and Russian language. A film was made on her story ‘Andhakarara Chhai’ and has been highly appreciated by the audience.
The departed Odia Writer, has also penned 3 novels: ‘Sitara Sonita’, ‘Manaswini and Kunti’, ‘Kuntala’, ‘Shakuntala’ and a one-act play titled ‘Kranti’. She also bags all the credit to translate Russian folk-tales from English to Odia.
