The first modern Odia short story — and one of the most quietly devastating in any Indian language.
In a 19th-century Odia village, Rebati begins to learn to read. When cholera comes, the village knows whose fault it is. Fakir Mohan Senapati, in an editorial appreciation.
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Father of modern Odia prose. Wrote the first Odia short story when Odia itself had just been recognized as a language — and made it count.
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