What struck me when I first met Ramakanta Rath at Ravindra Mandap in Bhubaneswar during the release of my first Odia short story collection, Akashara Luha (2015), was his meticulous preparation. He ...

Death is the common thread that runs through this collection that’s suffused with despair and gloom. The few stories in a comic vein provide some relief. Written between 1898 and 1945, many of these ...