The Sahitya Akademi award winning poem Kalahandi by Dr Tapan Kumar Pradhan was based on the poet's observation of life in and around Sinapali.
The Sahitya Akademi prize winning poems Kalahandi and Equation by Dr Tapan Kumar Pradhan were chiefly based on the poet's observation of tribal life in the Sinapali, Komana and Boden blocks of Nuapada.