Anil Dhir

Bhubaneswar: The  excavators and JCB’s have stopped  short  before many temples that surround the Lingaraj complex in the Odisha capital.  While extensive damage has been done to the many…

Bhubaneswar: The recent decision of Puri Municipality to demolish the ancestral house of Gurudev Tagore located on Chakratirtha Road in Puri has evoked sharp reactions from across the state.…

The open site of the Bada Akhada Mutt is a welcome sight for the sore eyes of those who support the Mutt demolitions being done in Puri. As promised, the small temple, the Gadi of the…

In all the hullaballoo of Emar Mutt’s demolition in Puri, what was forgotten and overlooked was that it had many branches all over the state; and was the fountainhead of many smaller mutts.…

The iconic structure has bitten the dust. In just two days, it was barbarically leveled. The thick stone and brick walls were pulverized by bulldozers and sledgehammers, turning them into a…

It was Wing Commander Karori Lal Bhatia, not Biju Patnaik who made the first Srinagar landing. In the aftermath of the Jammu and Kashmir action by the Centre, the internet and newspapers…

“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others,” Gandhi The Indian freedom struggle has its heroes but countless freedom fighters, who had fought fearlessly and…

Till the late 1990s, they were regularly seen at the market in Choudwar. The locals took them to be Gurkhas of the Odisha Special Armed Police, often deployed at the outer periphery of the…

It was not sheer apathy rather it was an intelligent disinterest in the affairs of the state. The enormity of the coming doom was just not comprehended by the officials. A stark example of…

The Odisha Chief  Minister’s letter to the Union Culture Minister for a probe into the neglect of the Konark Temple by the Archaeological Survey of India is a knee jerk reaction and just a…