Romance Forever

Tanuja Rout, an eminent lecturer of English, a prolific writer, poet, a melodious singer, prize winner of different literary competitions and moreover a beautiful woman with a beautiful heart. Being a Ravenshawvian, she has got the rare privilege to have been honoured by Ravenshaw University the Ravenshaw Talent Award in 2001 and Literary Champion of Ravenshaw. Apart from this she has got the rare chance to become the Literary champion of Kendrapara district continuously for five years from 1994 to 1999 and was awarded special prize from the then Collector of Kendrapara Mona Sharma. Besides these achievements, she is also the recipient of a special prize from Pattamundai NAC, her hometown as the 'Jewel of Pattamundai’. She was also awarded by the Odia daily 'The Sambad’, as the best story writer for her Odia story "Sindura”. Now she is engaged in different literary activities and continues her writing as a bilingual writer both in Odia and English.