Career
He has authored books on Odia literature and inspired other writers like Bidyut Prabha Devi and Chakhi Khuntia. He spent most of his life in Cuttack, Odisha. He also authored an Odia to English dictionary called the "Taruna Sabdakosh" and an English to Odia dictionary called the "New Method English Dictionary", which has been in use at the Stanford University Libraries.
His better known Odia books include the "Ramayana" and "Shakuntala".
He also authored collections of poetry, including "Rutu Samhara" and "Hansa Dutam". He was arguably best known for children"s literature and wrote "Parliament Raija", "Kuhuka Raija", "Panchatantra", and "Adi Jugara Galpa Mala", among other works.
He wrote biographies of a number of historical personalities such as "Kapila Deva"
One of his famous English books was "The Maharaja: As I Knew Him". He was awarded the 1971-1972 Sahitya Akademi Award in Odia for his outstanding contribution to Indian literature.
