Hullasa BeheraHullasa Behera, a member of Odisha Administrative Service till march, 2010, did his MA in English from Utkal university, Bhubaneswar, but read Odia language and literature extensively and Sanskrit literature to some extent from school days. Born in aMahanadi-bank village surrounded by plenitude of panoramic, pastoral beauty, being a student of philosophy, poetry, classics, puranas and epics more informally and less formally; HB was blessed to be a writer whose flair for writing in Odia and English flourished furtively. And as a writer he could lay his hands on novel, biography, Bhagavat Gita, translation, pithy comments for pocketbooks with equal ease and enthusiasm. He is lazy, light-hearted, humorous, honest, harmonious as a person, light, leisurely, witty, intense, imaginative as a writer. Examples from his pocketbooks attest to this-Love is the sensation that comes instantlyand then comes incessantly.The last thing in love is the first thingI love you.A lost cause is a must winnerin a different time, in a different place Books by the same author:1-- Pala Bhuta [Scarecrow] Odia novel, 1988, Books and Books, Cuttack, Odisha, India.2-- Biju Patnaik: Legendary Pilot and Live-wire Politician, 1998, 3-- 50 Flowers from Bhagavat Gita: A Solace Against Frightening Materialism, 1988 Pustak Mahal, Darya Ganj, New Delhi, India.4-- 199 Love Thoughts for Millennium lovers Millennium movers, pocketbook, 19995 --One Hundred Ninety-nine Quotes For everybody, for every occasion, pocketbook, 19996 --God Words, Good Words For the Millennium and Onwards, pocketbook, 2005 Pustak Mahal, Darya Ganj, New Delhi, India. 7-- Raman Maharshi Kathita Galpamala, Odia, 2014 [Stories Spoken by Raman Maharshi] [ translated from Tales and Stories by Maharshi Raman: by Joan Greenblatt] Aum Books, Puri, Odisha, India.8--- Raman Maharshi: Nirava Sadhanara Amlana Aloka, Odia [ Biography], 2015 [ The Undimmed Light of Silent Sadhana] Isha, Aum Foundation, Puri, Odisha, India.9--- Domestic Violence In the Abode of The Lord, 2022, [ translation of Laxmi Puran by Balaram Das] Aum Books, Puri, Odisha, India. Read More Read Less
