Sir’s Scooter and Other Stories

Dr. Kamala Prasad Mohapatra is a familiar and household name in the domain of translation, essays, skits, book reviews, creative writing, feature writing, newspaper columns, editing and criticism. Besides this he used to guide Ph.D. scholars as supervisor in pursuit of their research work. Dr. Mohapatra is also an approved TV panelist who focuses on the controversial and contentious sociocultural issues afflicting the common men. He writes poems and stories both in Odia and English which always reflect his positive, holistic and reformative attitude towards life. The writings attempt to expose the vices by espousing poetic justice. Apart from being a noted writer, translator, critic, columnist and panelist Dr. Mohapatra has reputation as a popular pulpit orator, actor, and social activist as well.His poems, stories and Research articles have been published in reputed journals of our country. Dr. Mohapatra has the following books to his credit: (1)Criticism book – Nature Culture Metonymy: Quest for LostHorizons in Jayanta Mohapatra’spoetry . (2)Grammar Book – New English Grammar with Innovative tips for Conversational Skill (3)Odia short story collection – PhenilaFalgu (4) English Poetry Collection – Pearls of Prosie (5)Poems included in Indian English Poetry Anthology – Voices from Within (6)Translated and Edited Odia Poetry Collections (i) Crossed Words (ii) The Voyage (7)Co-edited (a)English poetry collection Heard Melodies (b) Higher Secondary English Textbooks (i) Invitation to English Book-I, 2012 Edition (ii) Invitation to English Book-II, 2012 Edition. After serving in Odisha Education Service for more than three and half decades and teaching in reputed Post Graduate Colleges of Odisha, Dr. Mohapatra worked as Regional Director of Education, Bhubaneswar for nearly three and half years.