ମୋ ମା ଭାଷା ଇଂରାଜୀ କି? Poem by Gajanan Mishra

Gajanan Mishra

Gajanan Mishra

Tikapali, Patnagarh, Balangir, Odisha, India now at Tapobana, Titilagarh, Odisha, India
Gajanan Mishra
Tikapali, Patnagarh, Balangir, Odisha, India now at Tapobana, Titilagarh, Odisha, India

ମୋ ମା ଭାଷା ଇଂରାଜୀ କି?

ମୋ ମା ଭାଷା ଇଂରାଜୀ କି?
କେନ୍ଦ୍ରିୟ ବିଦ୍ୟାଳୟ ଭୁବନେଶ୍ଵରରେ
ପଢୁଥିବା ମୋ ନାତୁଣୀ ମତେ ପଚାରିଲା।
ପ୍ରଶ୍ନ ଶୁଣି ମୁଁ ମୋ ବୋହୂର
ମୂହଁକୁ ଦେଖିଲି, ଦୀପ୍ତିହୀନତା ଥିଲା।
କଣ ଭୁଲ ହୋଇଗଲା?
ଭିତରୁ ଭିତରକୁ ମୋର ଚିନ୍ତା ପଶିଲା।

This is a translation of the poem Is My Mother's Language English? by Gajanan Mishra
Friday, February 22, 2019
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
On the International mother language day my grand-daughter put me the question, as in school everything she read in English and always all talk in English, state official language, odia though. Our motherlanguage, thoughkosli, it is nowhere in use.Intelligently she had put the question, and I failed to answer. It is true, I am writing in all the three languages- Kosli, Odia and English.
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Gajanan Mishra

Gajanan Mishra

Tikapali, Patnagarh, Balangir, Odisha, India now at Tapobana, Titilagarh, Odisha, India
Gajanan Mishra
Tikapali, Patnagarh, Balangir, Odisha, India now at Tapobana, Titilagarh, Odisha, India
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