Padma Bhushan awardee Odia and English writer Manoj Das passes away
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Notable Odia and English writer Manoj Das passed away at a nursing home in Puducherry on Tuesday evening after prolonged sickness. 87-year-old Das was undergoing treatment for age-related ailments at the nursing home at Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Puducherry. The eminent writer penned his memoir Chasing the Rainbow: Growing up in an Indian Village in 2004. He had received the prestigious Padma Bhushan last year.