BHUBANESWAR: Jayanta Mahapatra, a celebrated Indian poet writing in English and one of the greatest Odia litterateurs of all time, on Sunday said he was returning his Padma Shri to protest the ...

India News: Noted poet Jayanta Mahapatra returned Padma Shri as a mark of protest against growing ‘moral asymmetry’ in the country.

Bhubaneswar: Internationally acclaimed poet and litterateur, Jayanta Mahapatra today expressed his desire to return the Padma Shri award as a mark of dissent against the "growing moral asymmetry ...