इस योजना के तहत 75 युवा लेखकों का चयन किया जाएगा, जिन्हें छह महीने के लिए 50,000 रुपए की छात्रवृत्ति भी दी जाएगी। वहीं चयनित युवा लेखक विश्व के कुछ बेहतरीन लेखकों के साथ बातचीत करेंगे और साहित्यिक उत्सवों आदि में भाग लेंगे।

Writer and novelist, Amish Tripathi, was our guest this time in 'The Slow Interview with Neelesh Misra'. The bestselling author Amish Tripathi is well known for his novels The Immortals of Meluha, The Secret of the Nagas, The Oath of the Vayuputras, Scion of Ikshvaku ,Sita: Warrior of Mithila and is due for the launch of his next book Raavan : Enemy of Aryavarta . During the interview, he had a candid conversation with Neelesh Misra where he discussed his journey about his humble family background, studies, and how different parts of India and its glorious history inspire him in different ways.

Biswanath Tudu’s work has helped promote the Ol Chiki script of the Santali language. In 2010 when Biswanath Tudu got the Akademi Award, there were less than 100 Ol Chiki litterateurs in Odisha who read and wrote this unique script, but now their number has increased to over 300.

Pardhi, a denotified nomadic community, continues to face social stigma, and the majority of its members make a living collecting recyclable wastes or selling bangles. Aranyavas in Bhopal provides free shelter to Pardhi children so that they can get an education and shun the tag of belonging to a 'criminal tribe'.

दिल्ली जैसे महानगर में फुटपाथ पर किताबें बेचना कितना मुश्किल हो सकता है ये संजना ही समझा सकती हैं।

Noted artist and writer Prafulla Mohanti has kept his village in Odisha alive through his paintings and books. The 87-year-old, who has British citizenship, has set up an art and culture centre in his village Nanpur in Jajpur district where he teaches art to village children.

Inscribing horoscopes on palm-leaves is a tradition in Odisha that is in its autumnal years. Artisans who painstakingly cast horoscopes on dried palm leaves with an iron stylus are being edged out by computerised horoscopes.