My English is very poor,
Frankly speaking, I am weak in
Speaking
and even though speak I, pronounce I
...
On mother's day
I thinking of the asthi-kalasha
Hanging by one midnight
And the deign of the pinda-dana.
...
Mother, my mother, good mother,
I just remember you
As have turned into a photo
Leaving me here.
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XI
Thou art the Ferryman, O my Lord
Of life and death!
In the midstream where I fear
...
Aapnei do shadiya ki thin
Lekin kaha tak nahi
Bas es baat ko dil mei sanjoyei huyei,
Thik cchupaye huyei rakkhei thei
...
An English girl, so beautiful and lovely,
Standing before,
Let me, let me see her,
A girl golden and glistening,
...
Apni unpadh, dehati bibi ke sang
Mein chala
International Women's Day manane,
Unke sang jo apne husband kaa naam tak
...
To open the book of criticism to read Jayanta Mahpatra is to come to know
That he is first and foremost an Oriya writing in English
Rather than an Indian,
One of coastal Orissa, its topography and cartography
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My inspiration are you,
Only you,
Since I saw you,
Since then
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A little sister,
Do you remember your small sister
Coming at the call of yours,
Ready to give her life?
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