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Bishnupada Sethi is an IAS officer of the 1995 batch. Currently, he is the principal secretary to the Odisha government. He has served in one of most backward regions of the country such as Kandhamal, Gajapati, Sonepur, Nuapada and Rayagada. His role in improving the lives of people in the region earned him much appreciation from the National Human Rights Commission. Bishnupada is a recipient of distinguished alumnus awards from National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, and National Institute of Industrial Engineering (now IIM), Mumbai. He was awarded the President of India Silver Medal for his contribution to Census 2011. Sethi’s performance as a special relief commissioner during the 2019 super cyclone Fani was recognized as an exemplary model throughout the world, including by the United Nations. He is also the recipient of the Bhima Bhoi Award for his contribution to popularizing Mahima philosophy. He is a published author and writes articles for various publications. His books on poetry, namely Where Shall I go, My World of Words, Beyond Feelings and Beyond Here and Other Poems, have been received well and translated into multiple languages. Sarala Sahitya Sansad felicitated him for his contribution to mystic poetry.

Bishnupada Sethi

Bishnupada Sethi is an IAS officer of the 1995 batch. Currently, he is the principal secretary to the Odisha government. He has served in one of most backward regions of the country such as Kandhamal, Gajapati, Sonepur, Nuapada and Rayagada. His role in improving the lives of people in the region earned him much appreciation from the National Human Rights Commission.

Bishnupada is a recipient of distinguished alumnus awards from National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, and National Institute of Industrial Engineering (now IIM), Mumbai. He was awarded the President of India Silver Medal for his contribution to Census 2011. Sethi’s performance as a special relief commissioner during the 2019 super cyclone Fani was recognized as an exemplary model throughout the world, including by the United Nations. He is also the recipient of the Bhima Bhoi Award for his contribution to popularizing Mahima philosophy.

He is a published author and writes articles for various publications. His books on poetry, namely Where Shall I go, My World of Words, Beyond Feelings and Beyond Here and Other Poems, have been received well and translated into multiple languages. Sarala Sahitya Sansad felicitated him for his contribution to mystic poetry.

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The Collectors Mother
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The Collector’s Mother

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The Collector’s Mother is a story of grit and perseverance. An ‘unwanted’ woman from an underprivileged background is attacked and, along with her husband, dragged on the village road and humiliated, and the family’s land grabbed by a local land mafia. In the godforsaken village deep into the hinterland, such excesses are not uncommon, but her steely resolve makes her stand out. How she weathers through such soul-sapping encounters to beat all odds and inspires his son to become a collector is at the heart of this extraordinary story set against the backdrop of abject caste oppression, absence of rule of law, persistent traditional power structure, pitiable education system, food insecurity, drought, famine, lack of health care and communication, hatred and domination by fellow villagers.

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