Anil Dhir

Pilgrimage to Puri had started from the 13th century onwards. The Jagannath temple attracted high caste pilgrims from North India and Bengal; they trickled in small numbers after a long and…

Bhubaneswar: The British Cemetery at Barabati, Balasore, one of oldest colonial era cemeteries of Odisha, is wallowing in neglect. If this was not enough, anti-socials have converted this…

The Dak Bungalow in the Old Town, the earliest surviving colonial vestige of Bhubaneswar, is probably slated for demolition for the construction of a Kalyan Bhavan. Located at the…

Bhubaneswar: In the midst of all the hullabaloo of India and Bharat, with chest-thumping nationalists batting for the name makeover, one very important and pertinent aspect of national…

Bhubaneswar: In 2013, just prior to Rath Yatra, Sankaracharya of Gobardhan Peeth Swami Nischalananda Saraswati had written to the Centre, requesting it to intervene and press officials in…

Bhubaneswar: Nakula Mohapatro, the servitor, was still in a state of shock. He was in the Roshaghara, the kitchen where the prasad for the deity is cooked, when the bolt of lightning struck…

The accident is now one month old. The suspicion of sabotage is still being investigated by the CBI. The Railway Safety Board too has not submitted its report. According to P Chidambaram,…

Bhubaneswar: For nearly a century and a half, the Circus has been an essential part of Indian cultural legacy. The circus was a rare annual spectacle that people in towns and villages looked…

It is a dirty culture, seen mostly in India, where VIPs visit the places of disasters. These visits cause more inconvenience than help, people who could be utilized for rescue operation get…

Bhubaneswar: Rabi Narayan Pattanayak was one among the well-known engineers of Odisha. He was born on August 4, 1934, at a small village near Jajpur. He got his primary education at the…