A former career bureaucrat, Dr Amar Patnaik is currently a Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha from Odisha representing the Biju Janata Dal. He is the recipient of the Sansad Ratna Award 2022. A PhD in institutional economics, he is a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance, Consultative Committee on Forest, Environment and Climate Change, and Joint Committee on Biological Diversity. He is also a member of the Public Accounts Committee and the Committee on Public Undertakings. He regularly writes on issues relating to economics, finance, technology, data privacy, and the environment.
Books
PANDEMIC DISRUPTIONS AND ODISHA’S LESSONS IN GOVERNANCE
A tempestous child, poet Lakshmi Bayi found peace in the written word and ended up a student of English writings, only to discover that the present system of education kills all interest in literature. Shown the muse by poet and author Kamala Das, her mother-in-law, Lakshmi too, adopted poetry as her passion, and writing became as natural to her as breathing. Writing is her way of preserving her inner self. Kaali for her is as real as any of Kaali’s myriad creations. In 2000, she published a book of poems called Madness. The Composer King Swathi Thirunal, the artist Raja Ravi Varma, Maharani Sethu Parvathi Bayi, the strong and capable matriarch, mother of Chiththira Thirunal Rama Varma, the last Maharaja of erstwhile Travancore are her ancestors. On her husband M D Nalapat’s side may be included Poet Laureate of Kerala Balamani Amma, philosopher Narayana Menon, Founder of the Malabar Quarterly Review C V Subramania Iyer and satirist Aubrey Menen. Since childhood, Lakshmi loves travelling, and adores oceans, forests and elephants. Mahishaa, with its vivid imagery, is her second book.
Books
MAHISHAA A LOVE STORY
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_220x320.jpg "School To Startup")
_220x320.jpg "Join Me In Death")
_220x320.jpg "Patiala House: Palace To Seat Of Justice")
_220x320.jpg "Transforming India: Gamechanger in Action")
_220x320.jpg "Amitabh Bachchan As The Other")
_220x320.jpg "Polarised Times Living in India Today")
_220x320.jpg "India’s Nuclear Titans : Biographical Tales")
_220x320.jpg "Nobody's Grandmother: Stories from inside an Elderly Home")
