Sahadev Sahoo(1959), a bilingual writer, writes both in Odia, his mother tongue and English. He has authored so far twenty four books in Odia: eighteen story collections, five novels and his Memoirs. His books in English are Concubine (Novel), Love for the Princess (Stories) and A Reluctant Bureaucrat (Memoirs). Sahadev Sahoo taught History in a college for a brief period before he joined State Finance Service. He has worked as finance officer for the government of Odisha in different capacities before he retired as Additional Commission(GST). He was associated in drafting and implementation of VAT and GST in the state and the country.. His memoirs A Reluctant Bureaucrat is an account of his experience in the government; how a governement works, decisions are taken, policy made., an inside story told by an insider.
