Kiran Shankar Panda : An Oriya writer in the heart of Sambalpur

Kiran Shankar Panda is a Oriya poet and writer who has written over a dozen Oriya books until now. He was born to the zamindari family of Rampela village. As on this date no one knows about that Rampela village, because the entire village has been submerged in the water when Hirakud Dam was constructed in the year 1956. Rampela was a gada which constituted of 42 mouza, as many as 200 villages. Kiran Shankar Panda is the progeny of Loknath Gadtia. Loknath was an  trusted companion of Veer Surendra Sai the legend of Odisha who revolted against the British in the year 1857. He was sent in exile and breathed his last in Asirgad jail in the year 1884.

His father migrated to Belpahad and worked at Tata Refractories Ltd. His grand father and father were travelling to different khamar and was collecting the revenues. In the year 1969 Kiran joined G M College at Sambalpur and did his MA. Afterwards he joined Lala Lajpatrai Law College acquired the LLB degree in the yeat 1976. On acquiring the law degree Kiran too traded in the path where his father was working. He as well joined the Tata Refractories Ltd. In the legal and administrative department.

In the year 1969 while he was in Class 10th he sent one of his poem titled “Madhu Pradhan ra asha” to a newspaper called Desha dake. It was all about the division of Odisha. How its landmass has been divided and merged with the neighbouring states of West Bengal, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh. That poem was published. And when Kiran got a copy of the newspaper  carrying his poetry he was in a state of ecstasy.   

Amma Sisu Lekha magazine which is printed from Cuttack. Kiran is an Oriya poet and a writer as well.The books that he have written are “Hirakud bandha 60 barsa pare”, “Samaya srotore Rampela grama“, “Jiban ra mahak”, “Loknath Gadtia au Veera Surendra Sai” and “Jibana Taranga”. One of his book has been released by the Ex-Vice Chancellor of Sambalpur University.  He gets his books printed and sells himself in different book fairs of Odisha. He has participated in the poetry reading festivals organised at Ankan School. 

Way back in the year 1995 Kiran Shankar Panda contested for the post of MLA(Member of Legislative Assembly) from Brajraj Nagar constituency with a BJP(Bharatia Janata Party) ticket. Then BJP was an unfamiliar political party in India. In the entire nation BJP had just two MPs in the Parliament.

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