About the Author
Author Dr. Indramani Jena is a renowned physician and has gained immense popularity due to her expertise. She has a strong attraction towards her mother tongue and Odia culture, which has made her a passion for spreading her professional health education. She has written many health education books for the general public like ‘Health in Odisha’, ‘Blood Pressure’, ‘Diabetes Treatment’, ‘Sapkamuda Treatment’. She is very interested in hearing stories from people from different regions about the life of the village people as well as common Odia culture, language and culture. Her main attraction is the personality who created a heroic feat in the pages of history in Odisha. She has collected detailed information about that and composed Mahameghavahan Kharawela’s Kalinga story ‘Nishardha Shalabhanjika’. Its English international edition ‘Shalabhanjika’, ‘Dig]Vijayi Gajapati’ is published by Black Eagle Books, Dublin. He has also written many stories and articles on Odia social, cultural and historical values. Among them, the books ‘Ae Matir Kavani’ and ‘Fakkad’ are worth mentioning. Born in 1948, Dr. Jena is still researching about society, culture and history. He looks for opportunities to present realistic and life-like stories to the society. The annual magazine ‘Vijayini’ compiled by him in the last ten years is an example of this.