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Children’s author, essayist, educator, poet, playwright, translator, and grammarian all rolled into one was Professor Sridhar Das. Yet his true calling was as a teacher. He had experienced a lot of hardship in his life, yet he never gave up. On October 4, 1901, in the Puri district’s Nausira village of Kakatpur, Sridhar was born. His mother was Sradhamani Devi, and his father was Syamacharan Das. Syamacharan taught students in lower primary. Sridhar began attending his father’s school when he was 5 years old. He then attended Puri Zilla School, where he graduated in 1922. He received a scholarship of…

The writings of Sridhar Das range from dictionaries to textbooks to editings of numerous ancient texts, as well as a sizable number of translations. His most notable accomplishment is the translation of YA classics from other languages. In addition to 24 textbooks, he has authored 3 dictionaries and 11 grammar works. He has translated a grand total of 76 novels. They comprise 54 English and 22 Sanskrit words. To be used as college textbooks, he has also edited books like Chilika, Darabar, Chandrabhaga, Ushabhilasa, and Rasakallola. “Sua Muhanra Patara” is his autobiography (A Leaf in the Stream).While he published the…

On October 4, 1901, in the Puri district’s Nausira village of Kakatpur, Sridhar was born. His mother was Sradhamani Devi, and his father was Syamacharan Das. Syamacharan taught students in lower primary. Sridhar began attending his father’s school when he was 5 years old. He earned his B.A. after much effort and enrolled in teacher training. He enrolled in a school in Boudh before transferring to Olasingh High. He began working as a lecturer at Ravenshaw College in 1948. However, he joined Christ college after leaving the government service. He retired in 1968 after 44 years of teaching. While he…

On October 4, 1901, in the Puri district’s Nausira village of Kakatpur, Sridhar was born. His mother was Sradhamani Devi, and his father was Syamacharan Das. Syamacharan taught students in lower primary. Sridhar began attending his father’s school when he was 5 years old. He then attended Puri Zilla School, where he graduated in 1922. He received a scholarship of 20 rupees per month and was accepted into the Patna Engineering School. He once received a ten rupee fine for an unpleasant event. Yet he discontinued his engineering studies after refusing to pay the fine. He earned an I.A. in…

On October 4, 1901, in the Puri district’s Nausira village of Kakatpur, Sridhar was born. His mother was Sradhamani Devi, and his father was Syamacharan Das. Syamacharan taught students in lower primary. Sridhar began attending his father’s school when he was 5 years old. He then attended Puri Zilla School, where he graduated in 1922. He received a scholarship of 20 rupees per month and was accepted into the Patna Engineering School. He once received a ten rupee fine for an unpleasant event. Yet he discontinued his engineering studies after refusing to pay the fine. He earned an I.A. in…

The writings of Sridhar Das range from dictionaries to textbooks to editings of numerous ancient texts, as well as a sizable number of translations. His most notable accomplishment is the translation of YA classics from other languages. In addition to 24 textbooks, he has authored 3 dictionaries and 11 grammar works. He has translated a grand total of 76 novels. They comprise 54 English and 22 Sanskrit words. To be used as college textbooks, he has also edited books like Chilika, Darabar, Chandrabhaga, Ushabhilasa, and Rasakallola. “Sua Muhanra Patara” is his autobiography (A Leaf in the Stream).While he published the…

Children’s author, essayist, educator, poet, playwright, translator, and grammarian all rolled into one was Professor Sridhar Das. Yet his true calling was as a teacher. He had experienced a lot of hardship in his life, yet he never gave up. On October 4, 1901, in the Puri district’s Nausira village of Kakatpur, Sridhar was born. His mother was Sradhamani Devi, and his father was Syamacharan Das. Syamacharan taught students in lower primary. Sridhar began attending his father’s school when he was 5 years old. He then attended Puri Zilla School, where he graduated in 1922. He received a scholarship of…

On October 4, 1901, in the Puri district’s Nausira village of Kakatpur, Sridhar was born. His mother was Sradhamani Devi, and his father was Syamacharan Das. Syamacharan taught students in lower primary. Sridhar began attending his father’s school when he was 5 years old. He earned his B.A. after much effort and enrolled in teacher training. He enrolled in a school in Boudh before transferring to Olasingh High. He began working as a lecturer at Ravenshaw College in 1948. However, he joined Christ college after leaving the government service. He retired in 1968 after 44 years of teaching. While he…

On October 4, 1901, in the Puri district’s Nausira village of Kakatpur, Sridhar was born. His mother was Sradhamani Devi, and his father was Syamacharan Das. Syamacharan taught students in lower primary. Sridhar began attending his father’s school when he was 5 years old. He then attended Puri Zilla School, where he graduated in 1922. He received a scholarship of 20 rupees per month and was accepted into the Patna Engineering School. He once received a ten rupee fine for an unpleasant event. Yet he discontinued his engineering studies after refusing to pay the fine. He earned an I.A. in…

Children’s author, essayist, educator, poet, playwright, translator, and grammarian all rolled into one was Professor Sridhar Das. Yet his true calling was as a teacher. He had experienced a lot of hardship in his life, yet he never gave up. On October 4, 1901, in the Puri district’s Nausira village of Kakatpur, Sridhar was born. His mother was Sradhamani Devi, and his father was Syamacharan Das. Syamacharan taught students in lower primary. Sridhar began attending his father’s school when he was 5 years old. He then attended Puri Zilla School, where he graduated in 1922. He received a scholarship of…