Poets

Biography
Part 1
Place of Birth:
He was born in Sainkul, a remote village in the district of Kendujhar of Odisha, India as the third child to Durga Charan Chakra and Sukanti Lata Chakra, in a family of the royal clan that migrated from Rajasthan and settled under the direct assistance of the then king of the princely state of Keonjhar of Odisha, Maharaja Govind Bhanja, during the Sixties of 15th Century while India was yet to become a British Colony.

About His Family Background:

His father was a very talented student of the district in his childhood and topped the ranks in every class all through his Educational life. Keonjhar during the pre-independence era was a very underdeveloped, tribal district lacking in many aspects. There were only three High Schools in the district, one per Subdivision. He was educated in one of the schools in spite of his poor economic background and succeeded in graduating from it. It was during these days of sufferings that he vowed to work for the upliftment of his people. In spite of many lucrative high salaried jobs available to him, he joined the department of Education, a job that had no promises, no financial progress, and the least reimbursement. Some of his class mates joined other high-salaried jobs and later on became millionaires, while he remained a poor ideal teacher working in the far remote tribal-dominated places which were known as malarial belts.
He never forgot the difficulties he faced in educating himself. Lat..