ନନ୍ଦିନୀ ଏକ ସ୍ପର୍ଦ୍ଧିତ ଉଚ୍ଚାରଣ। କିଏ କହେ ସେ ଅନନ୍ୟା, କିଏ କହେ ବହ୍ନିକନ୍ୟା। ହେଲେ ସେ ଏ ମାଟିର କନ୍ୟା। ଯାହାଙ୍କର ପଟାନ୍ତର ନାହିଁ। ଓଡ଼ିଶା ରାଜନୀତିରେ ସେ ଥିଲେ ଅଗ୍ନିବର୍ଷୀ ନେତ୍ରୀ। ରାଜ୍ୟର ଏକମାତ୍ର ମହିଳା ମୁଖ୍ୟମନ୍ତ୍ରୀ ନନ୍ଦିନୀ ଶତପଥୀ। ରାଜନୀତିରେ ଯେମିତି ଅପରାଜିତା, ସୃଜନଶୀଳତାରେ ସେମିତି ଅନୁପମା। …
Daughter of the soil, an assertive young leader representing the hopes and aspirations of woman power, the whole of Odisha remembers Nandini Satpathy the ‘Iron Lady of Odisha’ and the lone female Chief Minister that the state has ever had on her 88th birth anniversary. In addition to her political prowess, she was also an exemplary literary figure, having won the ‘Sahitya Bharati Samman’ for hercontributions to Odia literature in 1998. Satpathy authored numerous books and translated contemporary literature into Odia language. Chief among them being Taslima Nasreen’s critically acclaimed Lajja.