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 20 rupees per month and was accepted into the Patna Engineering School. He once received a ten rupee fine for an unpleasant event. But he choose not to pay the penalty.
Books Info
| Books name | Garki Kahani / ଗର୍କି କାହାଣୀ |
| Author | Sridhar Das |
| No Of pages | 168 |
| Publisher | Grantha Mandira |
| Publication | 1972 |
| Printed At | NA |
| Distributor | NA |
