Damayanti beshra

IMAGE: President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the Padma Awardees at Rashtrapati Bhavan today. Photograph: Rashtrapatibhvn/Twitter Of these, four were Padma Vibhushan, eight Padma Bhushan and 61 Padma Shri awards for the year 2020, according to a statement issued by the President's office. The Padma awards are given in three categories -- Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri -- and announced annually on the eve of Republic Day. The Padma Vibhushan is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service, Padma Bhushan for distinguished service of high order and Padma Shri for distinguished service in any field. Those awarded Padma Vibhushan were former Union ministers George Fernandes (posthumous), Arun Jaitley (posthumous), Sushma Swaraj (posthumous) and Pandit Chhannulal Mishra, Hindustani classical and semi-classical vocalist. President Kovind presented Padma Vibhushan to Jaitley (posthumous), the former finance minister, for public affairs. "An outstanding parliamentarian and a distinguished lawyer, he made significant contributions in judicial reforms, electoral reforms and progressive social & economic legislations," the Rashtrapati Bhavan said in a tweet. The award was received by Jaitley's wife. Kovind also presented the Padma Vibhushan to Swaraj (posthumous), the former external affairs minister, for public affairs. "A visionary leader, deeply rooted in Indian traditions, Smt Swaraj embodied the empower...

The manmade 1866 famine of Orissa in eastern India, stemming from British colonial rule and poor administration, killed a million people and gravely inspired the oral literature of the survivors. Two generations later, Musamoni Panigrahi never received schooling, and her early marriage brought her early widowhood. Women of her generation who bore the burden of systemic patriarchy never saw their stories being recorded and shared as is. Only in 2014, three years before her death, her own renditions of folklore and folk songs were recorded, becoming the first documentary in the Baleswari dialect of the Odia language. Soaked in her personal suffering and worldview, her narratives constantly navigate the great divide of gender, caste and class in coastal Odisha (formerly Orissa). TITLE Nani Ma TITLE IN ODIA ନାନୀ ମା LOGLINE A 95-year-old woman who must share her songs and stories before they are lost forever or she is gone. SCREENWRITER, CAMERAPERSON, RECORDIST, DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER Subhashish Panigrahi CAST Musamoni Panigrahi (self) Damayanti Beshra (self) Panchanan Mohanty (self) Laxmikanta Tripathy (self) COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION/ORIGIN India FILMING LOCATION(S) Balasore, Odisha, India DATE(S) Year of Production 2022 RELEASE DATE(S) 3 October 2022 (India) DURATION 35 minutes (appx.) GENRE Documentary DISTRIBUTION COMPANY O Foundation FILM WEBSITE https://theofdn.org/film/nanima PERMANENT ARCHIVE https://archive.org/details/nani-ma

WHAT HAS A nest at the top and an egg at the bottom? The riddle was thrown at the bridegroom’s entourage waiting outside the bride's village. The girl's family wanted to have the upper hand before the wedding, and hence the challenge. But their hopes were dashed as someone from the boy's side came up with the answer: “mahua flower”. After having won the contest, the groom's team was allowed to proceed to the bride's house. It was one of the many moments recollected by the people of Rakhadi village in Odisha when THE WEEK team visited them. The entire population of Rakhadi is Santhal. Riddles form an important part of Santhali customs, especially during weddings. “If the groom's team fails to answer, they will have to accept defeat publicly. The bride’s side will then gracefully welcome them,” said a villager. Santhals are spread across Odisha, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Assam and Bihar. They are proud of their rich culture and they prefer to live in the lap of nature. Santhals are spread across Odisha, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Assam and Bihar. They are proud of their rich culture and they prefer to live in the lap of nature. To get a ringside view of the Santhal way of life, we spent a day at Rakhadi, nestled in the lush green mountains of Mayurbhanj district. Tulsidas Hembram is one of the few villagers who can speak in Hindi. He had a love marriage, a rare occurrence among the Santhals here. “My wife eloped with me without telling her parents. She was from a neighbouring vil...

Eleven years old Minati Marndi’s joy knows no bounds, when she curls up with Anej Aba Sarenj Abo-a collection of four children’s stories in Santali script Ol Chiki —inside her hut in Mayurdhar of Mayurbhanj. Santali wordsmiths spin yarns to delight many Minatis, though they, with no aid and assistance from any quarter, find it a tough row to hoe. The state government threw its weight behind Pratham Books in 2014 for Adi Kahani (a series of 10 story books and four song cards in Saura, Munda, Kui and Juanga languages—written in Odia script as theirs have not been developed yet) to come out. But children’s stories in Ol Chiki-except the ones prescribed for Santali primary level students of multilingual education in tribal areas do not receive such booster doses. Though pulled back by tons of curbs and constraints, Santali litterateur put pen to paper to enlighten and entertain their tribal children. “Not only original story are churned out regularly but also translations in Ol Chiki from English and other languages are taken up . This trend has been in vogue since 2010 when Biswanath Tudu, a LIC employee in Rourkela, received Bal Sahitya Puraskar from Kendriya Sahitya Akademi for his contribution to Santali literature,” says Arjun Marandi, the secretary of Odisha Santali Writers’ Association. Marandi himself has translated two works of noted English children’s story writer Ramendra Kumar in Ol Chiki—‘Bir Re Internet’ (Ramendra’s collection ‘Internet in the Jungle’) and ‘Time ...

WHAT HAS A nest at the top and an egg at the bottom? The riddle was thrown at the bridegroom’s entourage waiting outside the bride's village. The girl's family wanted to have the upper hand before the wedding, and hence the challenge. But their hopes were dashed as someone from the boy's side came up with the answer: “mahua flower”. After having won the contest, the groom's team was allowed to proceed to the bride's house. It was one of the many moments recollected by the people of Rakhadi village in Odisha when THE WEEK team visited them. The entire population of Rakhadi is Santhal. Riddles form an important part of Santhali customs, especially during weddings. “If the groom's team fails to answer, they will have to accept defeat publicly. The bride’s side will then gracefully welcome them,” said a villager. Santhals are spread across Odisha, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Assam and Bihar. They are proud of their rich culture and they prefer to live in the lap of nature. Santhals are spread across Odisha, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Assam and Bihar. They are proud of their rich culture and they prefer to live in the lap of nature. To get a ringside view of the Santhal way of life, we spent a day at Rakhadi, nestled in the lush green mountains of Mayurbhanj district. Tulsidas Hembram is one of the few villagers who can speak in Hindi. He had a love marriage, a rare occurrence among the Santhals here. “My wife eloped with me without telling her parents. She was from a neighbouring vil...

Eleven years old Minati Marndi’s joy knows no bounds, when she curls up with Anej Aba Sarenj Abo-a collection of four children’s stories in Santali script Ol Chiki —inside her hut in Mayurdhar of Mayurbhanj. Santali wordsmiths spin yarns to delight many Minatis, though they, with no aid and assistance from any quarter, find it a tough row to hoe. The state government threw its weight behind Pratham Books in 2014 for Adi Kahani (a series of 10 story books and four song cards in Saura, Munda, Kui and Juanga languages—written in Odia script as theirs have not been developed yet) to come out. But children’s stories in Ol Chiki-except the ones prescribed for Santali primary level students of multilingual education in tribal areas do not receive such booster doses. Though pulled back by tons of curbs and constraints, Santali litterateur put pen to paper to enlighten and entertain their tribal children. “Not only original story are churned out regularly but also translations in Ol Chiki from English and other languages are taken up . This trend has been in vogue since 2010 when Biswanath Tudu, a LIC employee in Rourkela, received Bal Sahitya Puraskar from Kendriya Sahitya Akademi for his contribution to Santali literature,” says Arjun Marandi, the secretary of Odisha Santali Writers’ Association. Marandi himself has translated two works of noted English children’s story writer Ramendra Kumar in Ol Chiki—‘Bir Re Internet’ (Ramendra’s collection ‘Internet in the Jungle’) and ‘Time ...

The manmade 1866 famine of Orissa in eastern India, stemming from British colonial rule and poor administration, killed a million people and gravely inspired the oral literature of the survivors. Two generations later, Musamoni Panigrahi never received schooling, and her early marriage brought her early widowhood. Women of her generation who bore the burden of systemic patriarchy never saw their stories being recorded and shared as is. Only in 2014, three years before her death, her own renditions of folklore and folk songs were recorded, becoming the first documentary in the Baleswari dialect of the Odia language. Soaked in her personal suffering and worldview, her narratives constantly navigate the great divide of gender, caste and class in coastal Odisha (formerly Orissa). TITLE Nani Ma TITLE IN ODIA ନାନୀ ମା LOGLINE A 95-year-old woman who must share her songs and stories before they are lost forever or she is gone. SCREENWRITER, CAMERAPERSON, RECORDIST, DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER Subhashish Panigrahi CAST Musamoni Panigrahi (self) Damayanti Beshra (self) Panchanan Mohanty (self) Laxmikanta Tripathy (self) COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION/ORIGIN India FILMING LOCATION(S) Balasore, Odisha, India DATE(S) Year of Production 2022 RELEASE DATE(S) 3 October 2022 (India) DURATION 35 minutes (appx.) GENRE Documentary DISTRIBUTION COMPANY O Foundation FILM WEBSITE https://theofdn.org/film/nanima PERMANENT ARCHIVE https://archive.org/details/nani-ma

IMAGE: President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the Padma Awardees at Rashtrapati Bhavan today. Photograph: Rashtrapatibhvn/Twitter Of these, four were Padma Vibhushan, eight Padma Bhushan and 61 Padma Shri awards for the year 2020, according to a statement issued by the President's office. The Padma awards are given in three categories -- Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri -- and announced annually on the eve of Republic Day. The Padma Vibhushan is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service, Padma Bhushan for distinguished service of high order and Padma Shri for distinguished service in any field. Those awarded Padma Vibhushan were former Union ministers George Fernandes (posthumous), Arun Jaitley (posthumous), Sushma Swaraj (posthumous) and Pandit Chhannulal Mishra, Hindustani classical and semi-classical vocalist. President Kovind presented Padma Vibhushan to Jaitley (posthumous), the former finance minister, for public affairs. "An outstanding parliamentarian and a distinguished lawyer, he made significant contributions in judicial reforms, electoral reforms and progressive social & economic legislations," the Rashtrapati Bhavan said in a tweet. The award was received by Jaitley's wife. Kovind also presented the Padma Vibhushan to Swaraj (posthumous), the former external affairs minister, for public affairs. "A visionary leader, deeply rooted in Indian traditions, Smt Swaraj embodied the empower...

WHAT HAS A nest at the top and an egg at the bottom? The riddle was thrown at the bridegroom’s entourage waiting outside the bride's village. The girl's family wanted to have the upper hand before the wedding, and hence the challenge. But their hopes were dashed as someone from the boy's side came up with the answer: “mahua flower”. After having won the contest, the groom's team was allowed to proceed to the bride's house. It was one of the many moments recollected by the people of Rakhadi village in Odisha when THE WEEK team visited them. The entire population of Rakhadi is Santhal. Riddles form an important part of Santhali customs, especially during weddings. “If the groom's team fails to answer, they will have to accept defeat publicly. The bride’s side will then gracefully welcome them,” said a villager. Santhals are spread across Odisha, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Assam and Bihar. They are proud of their rich culture and they prefer to live in the lap of nature. Santhals are spread across Odisha, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Assam and Bihar. They are proud of their rich culture and they prefer to live in the lap of nature. To get a ringside view of the Santhal way of life, we spent a day at Rakhadi, nestled in the lush green mountains of Mayurbhanj district. Tulsidas Hembram is one of the few villagers who can speak in Hindi. He had a love marriage, a rare occurrence among the Santhals here. “My wife eloped with me without telling her parents. She was from a neighbouring vil...

The manmade 1866 famine of Orissa in eastern India, stemming from British colonial rule and poor administration, killed a million people and gravely inspired the oral literature of the survivors. Two generations later, Musamoni Panigrahi never received schooling, and her early marriage brought her early widowhood. Women of her generation who bore the burden of systemic patriarchy never saw their stories being recorded and shared as is. Only in 2014, three years before her death, her own renditions of folklore and folk songs were recorded, becoming the first documentary in the Baleswari dialect of the Odia language. Soaked in her personal suffering and worldview, her narratives constantly navigate the great divide of gender, caste and class in coastal Odisha (formerly Orissa). TITLE Nani Ma TITLE IN ODIA ନାନୀ ମା LOGLINE A 95-year-old woman who must share her songs and stories before they are lost forever or she is gone. SCREENWRITER, CAMERAPERSON, RECORDIST, DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER Subhashish Panigrahi CAST Musamoni Panigrahi (self) Damayanti Beshra (self) Panchanan Mohanty (self) Laxmikanta Tripathy (self) COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION/ORIGIN India FILMING LOCATION(S) Balasore, Odisha, India DATE(S) Year of Production 2022 RELEASE DATE(S) 3 October 2022 (India) DURATION 35 minutes (appx.) GENRE Documentary DISTRIBUTION COMPANY O Foundation FILM WEBSITE https://theofdn.org/film/nanima PERMANENT ARCHIVE https://archive.org/details/nani-ma