Published : New Indian Express
/02-Apr-2017
The State Government has decided to institute a prize in the name of poet Kuntala Kumari Sabat to encourage talented youths and women working in the fields of literature and arts. Announcing this at the State-level Utkal Divas function here, Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik said women played a key role in enriching Odia literature and culture. Stating that Odisha Government is sincerely working to promote and protect Odia literature and language, the Chief Minister said Odia has already received the status of classical language and official work is being done in Odia.