Urmishree Bedamatta
Biographic Data
| ID | 178546 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Urmishree Bedamatta |
| GIVEN NAMES | Urmishree |
| FAMILY NAME | Bedamatta |
| SIGNATURE | BEDAMATTA U |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ravenshaw University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Mother Orissa, Mother India, Mother Victoria
In the early 20th century, Orissa, a province in British India, was marked by dismemberment and fragmentation. Nationalist leaders in colonial Orissa often portrayed the province as a disfigured mother to evoke nationalist sentiment among the Odia people and garner support for the unification of the Oriya-speaking tracts in adjacent provinces to form a separate and complete Orissa province. One painting from the period depicts a woman representin…
The 'Oriya Pua ' Archetype in Colonial Literature and the Formation of Oriya National Consciousness
This article examines the archetype of the ' Oriya pua' [Oriya son] and its crucial role in transforming literature into a vehicle for fostering national consciousness in colonial Orissa. The article draws on a varied set of primary sources, including newspaper and magazine articles, literary works, speeches, correspondences and public engagements of key nationalist figures to explore how literature, through symbolic and familial metaphors, trans…
Sarala Mahabharata in the colonial Odia public sphere
The paper studies how Sarala Dasa’s Mahabharata was received in the colonial Odia public sphere in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It received the attention of early antiquarian scholars like Rajendralal Mitra who used the composition as a source to study Odisha’s historical past. The antiquarian exercise created the discursive environment in which the first popular print editions arrived in the market. Despite its popularity, the ed…
A Mirza’s Demands for Women, Cot and Cattle
This article examines a multilingual folk theatrical performance called Mughal Tamsa. This polyglot theatrical form is considered the predecessor of the modern jatra (a stage performance with light and sound accompaniments) in Odisha and it was a popular form of entertainment in the medieval period. The central character of this performance is a Mughal mirza (prince) who is notorious among his subjects for his misrule and also for his unlawful de…
The MLE Teacher
This article examines the role of the multilingual education (MLE) teacher in the mother tongue-based MLE program for the Juangas, a tribe in Odisha, an eastern state of India, and is part of a broader study of the MLE program in the state. For the specific purpose of this article, I have adopted Welmond's (2002) three-step process: identifying culture-specific knowledge about the role of a teacher; examining the state's education objectives that…
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The MLE Teacher
This article examines the role of the multilingual education (MLE) teacher in the mother tongue-based MLE program for the Juangas, a tribe in Odisha, an eastern state of India, and is part of a broader study of the MLE program in the state. For the specific purpose of this article, I have adopted Welmond's (2002) three-step process: identifying culture-specific knowledge about the role of a teacher; examining the state's education objectives that…
A Mirza’s Demands for Women, Cot and Cattle
This article examines a multilingual folk theatrical performance called Mughal Tamsa. This polyglot theatrical form is considered the predecessor of the modern jatra (a stage performance with light and sound accompaniments) in Odisha and it was a popular form of entertainment in the medieval period. The central character of this performance is a Mughal mirza (prince) who is notorious among his subjects for his misrule and also for his unlawful de…
Sarala Mahabharata in the colonial Odia public sphere
The paper studies how Sarala Dasa’s Mahabharata was received in the colonial Odia public sphere in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It received the attention of early antiquarian scholars like Rajendralal Mitra who used the composition as a source to study Odisha’s historical past. The antiquarian exercise created the discursive environment in which the first popular print editions arrived in the market. Despite its popularity, the ed…
Mother Orissa, Mother India, Mother Victoria
In the early 20th century, Orissa, a province in British India, was marked by dismemberment and fragmentation. Nationalist leaders in colonial Orissa often portrayed the province as a disfigured mother to evoke nationalist sentiment among the Odia people and garner support for the unification of the Oriya-speaking tracts in adjacent provinces to form a separate and complete Orissa province. One painting from the period depicts a woman representin…
The 'Oriya Pua ' Archetype in Colonial Literature and the Formation of Oriya National Consciousness
This article examines the archetype of the ' Oriya pua' [Oriya son] and its crucial role in transforming literature into a vehicle for fostering national consciousness in colonial Orissa. The article draws on a varied set of primary sources, including newspaper and magazine articles, literary works, speeches, correspondences and public engagements of key nationalist figures to explore how literature, through symbolic and familial metaphors, trans…
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