Padma Shri Haldhar Nag | connecting-the-dots

& "Saheb, I don't have money to travel to Delhi, please send award by post."

These are the words of Padma Shri awardee HaldharNag

Haldhar Nag - whose name was never prefixed with 'Shri', the owner of 3 pairs of clothes, one broken rubber slipper, one rimless spectacles and a deposit of Rs 732, is today declared with Padma Shri.

This is Haldhar Nag of Odisha who speaks Sambalpuri language. He is a famous poet.

The special thing is that he remembers by heart all the poems and 20 epics that he has written so far.

Now 'HaldharGranthawali2', a collection of his writings, will be made a part of the curriculum in SambalpurUniversity