ABOUT THE BOOK
This is an animadversion on Orissa's legendary Biju Patnaik. No Indian except him has ever been decorated with the highest civilian honor of another Country. It was only he, who was honored as Bhumiputra (son of the soil) by Indonesia in recognition of the risk he had taken to airlift Dr. Sultan Sjharir and Sukarno from Jakarta to New Delhi at the most crucial phase of her struggle for independence.
No Indian except him is known as the founder of an international award that the UNESCO administers with a mission to popularise science. It is only he, who had created The Kalinga Prize for this specific purpose in 1951 by placing funds with the UNESCO on behalf of the Kalinga Foundation Trust.
But no mean machination was left unused by the same Biju Patnaik in grabbing financial benefits through political positions that he eventually had captured.
Ace Journalist Subhas Chandra Pattanayak had confronted him with his black deeds when he was the 2nd time Chief Minister of Orissa through his popular column Sinhavalokana (animadversion) in Orissa's top ranking daily Sambad. He was tortured by the administration and the government had contrived ways to cripple him professionally. The High Court of Orissa had come to his rescue and passed strictures on the Government.
This book is a compilation of those reports.
About the Author
Subhas Chandra Pattanayak, a journalist of four decades standing, is known for having no compromise with ethics. He writes because to him most important is the peoples' right to be informed. Over and above reporting on governance, he has contributed immensely to socio-scientific interpretation of Orissa’s history and heritage as well as her literature and culture. He is a known sentinel of mass interest of Orissa.
Author of Sri Jaya Devanka Baisi Pahacha, the first ever authentic attempt to free Sri Jaya Dev from concocted legends and to put him on perspective of history, Sri Pattanayak has translated his Astapadi love lyrics in matchless poetic forms in Oriya. Author of hundreds of research based bylines, he at present represents orissamatters.com.
Some of his works may be reached at Bharata Bharati, Gajapati Nagar, Sutahat, Cuttack / Pratisruti, 2RA 60, Road 7, Unit 9, Bhubaneswar and http://thenewssyndicate.com/store/