I live in Ajax, Canada, with my family. Since I moved to Canada in 2002, I witnessed a culturally rich & vibrant Odisha Society celebrating the Odia culture through festivals, performing arts, drama, rich literary activities, etc. which ignited  the artist in me! Over the years, I kept on doing lots of acting & directing in many stage-plays & engaging in writing, reading and listening to various literature while pursuing my professional career as well. I am a regular writer and reader of various Odia language magazines published in North America, especially the annual magazines of ‘OSA’ and ‘CanOSA’.