Binapani Mohanty

• 25 Apr 2022

• Legendary Odia writer Binapani Mohanty has passed away on 24 April 2022.
• Besides getting the Padma Shri in 2020, Mohanty received Sahitya Akademi Award, Sarala Samman, and Atibadi Jagannatha Das Sammana by Odisha Sahitya Akademi.
• Collection of short stories 'Patadei' won her Sahitya Akademi in 1990. Its Hindi dramatisation 'Kashmakash', telecast on Doordarshan, in the late 1980s.