What is Sarojini Sahoo?
[[File:Sarojini sahu.jpg|thumb|Sarojini Sahoo]] '''Sarojini Sahoo''' (born 1956) is an [[India]]n [[writer]], who has been enlisted among 25 exceptional women of India by ‘Kindle’ English magazine of [[Kolkata]].<ref>[http://www.orissadiary.com/ShowOriyaOrbit.asp?id=16983 Orissa Diary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327052759/http://www.orissadiary.com/ShowOriyaOrbit.asp?id=16983 |date=2010-03-27 }}. Retrieved 8 April 2010.</ref> She has been given the [[Orissa Sahitya Academy Award]] (1993), the [[Jhankar Award]] (1992), the [[Bhubaneswar Book Fair Award]] and the [[Prajatantra Award]]. Sahoo was born in a small town of Dhenkanal in [[Orissa]] (India). She has [[Master of Arts|MA]] and [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] [[Academic degree|degrees]] in [[Oriya language|Oriya]] [[Literature]] and a [[Bachelors degree|Bachelor]] of [[Law]] from [[Utkal University]]. She now teaches at a degree [[college]] in [[Belpahar]], [[Jharsuguda]], Orissa. Sarojini is the second daughter of Ishwar Chandra Sahoo and (late) Nalini Devi. She is married to [[Jagadish Mohanty]], a veteran writer of [[Orissa]]. They have a son and a daughter.<ref>[http://sarojinisahoo.com/ Official web site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930151308/http://sarojinisahoo.com/ |date=2007-09-30 }}. Retrieved 11 August 2007.</ref> ==Short stories== She has published ten anthologies of short stories. Her English anthologies of short stories are : * ''Sarojini Sahoo Short Stories'' (2006) ({{ISBN|81-89040-26-X}}) * ''Waiting for Manna'' (2008)({{ISBN|978-81-906956-0-2}}) Her other Oriya anthologies of short stories are: * ''Sukhara Muhanmuhin'' (1981) * ''NijaGahirareNije'' (1989) * ''Amrutara Pratikshare'' (1992) * ''Chowkath'' (1994) * ''Tarali Jauthiba Durga'' (1995) * ''Deshantari'' (1999) * ''Dukha Apramita'' (2006) * ''Srujani Sarojini'' (2008) She has been widely translated and published in different [[Indian languages]]. Her stories have been included in [[Anthology|anthologies]] published by ''[[HarperCol