12-YO boy wins hearts for translating ‘Mahabharat’ into Odia

Jajpur: At a time when internet is flooded with various tips for little children during lockdown, a 12-year-old boy in Odisha won hearts of many for translating a popular Hindu epic into Odia language during the pandemic.

Without wasting precious time during nation and state-wide lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic, Uday Kumar Sahoo, a Class-7 student of Shree Aurobinda Nodal School in Jajpur Town, engaged his skills in translation of ‘Mahabharat’ into Odia language from Hindi.

Uday, the son of Chandrakant Sahoo and Jayanti Sahoo of Kharamangi village under Badachana Block, alone translated the 240-page Mahabharat to the regional language.