A Great Orissan Pilgrim : A Study of Niranjan Mohanty's Works

Niranjan Mohanty(1953—2008,) is one of the Orissan poetic pilgrims, who does not belong to the so-called hubs of literary administration, politics and favouritism. He is not metro-bred; he grew up listening to the incessant silent cry of common birds and animals. The poet in Mohanty identifies himself with rain in Orissa . For him, the adult pattern disturbs the world and hence, he feels that he is “still a child somewhere”. He believes that everything in the world is characterised by an individual’s dynamic, never static, identity.