Born in 1960, in a back of the beyond village in the district of Bhadrak (formerly a part of Balasore) of state Odisha in India, Gourahari grew up with keen eyes of observation and sensibility which shaped his creative being.

His first book “ Juara Bhatta” which is a collection of short stories, was published in 1981 when he was still pursuing his studies in Ravenshaw Evening College.

[2] He joined in SAMBAD (the largest Daily of Odisha) in 1985 as a trainee sub-editor and rose up to become an editor of this Media House.

He started writing his popular columns “Jibanara Jalachhabi” ( Vignetts of Life) and “ Rajadhani Rajaniti” ( Power Politics of the Capital) in this newspaper which brought him prominence.

His comments on certain practices at Sri Jagannath temple at Puri and other places of worship have put him in the bracket of journalists with conviction.

He is the president of Shatabdira Kalajkar, a leading theatre group of Odisha and advisor of Trishakti Mahila Samiti, a prominent women's organization.

He has visited Sweden, UK, Netherland, France, Czech, Slovakia, Switzerland, Italy, Belgium and Austria.

His stories such as "Asami", "Maya", "Shikuli" have been made into stage plays and directed by Dhira Mallik, Pabitra Mohanty, Darpa Sethi and Ajit Dash.

[9] (during the annual Koraput Literary Festival organised by Odia Media Private Limited) US, Sweden, China, Germany, UK, Netherland, Belgium, France, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Italy, Vatican City, Switzerland Short stories of Gourahari show deep insight into human nature and the resilience of the human spirit.