The Loneliness Of Odisha Budget
Leave aside studying, no one in Odisha or outside even talks about Odisha budget. None of the numerous management/technical institutions, the academia in Bhubaneswar and around the state…
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Inconclusive COP27: Why Odisha Needs To Become Its Own Climate Warrior?
Bhubaneswar: Despite the death knell being sounded, we are still caught up in our pettiness, callousness and foolish avarice. Even as I write this column, the much-hyped COP 27 has been…
Freedom, Orgasm & Society
There is no reason to observe an International Female Orgasm Day (August 8), but for the skulking of the society. We respond to enforcements and drills more often than to internalization.…
Odisha Remembers Joanna Williams
Joanna Gottfried Williams was her full name, and the art of South Asia was her first love. Visual art in all forms – folk art, textiles, paintings, palm leaf paintings. History of art so…
Odisha Budget 2022-23: First Glance
FY 2022-2023 will see Odisha handling an outlay of Rs 2-lakh crore which hints at it being an outcome budget, at least in setting a norm, if not a whole hog rigor at this stage. As 5T &…
Stunning Shreya, Our Global Emissary
Shreya Lenka (camera name Sriya) and Great Thunberg are almost the same age. One rattles humanity’s responsibility for existence and the other poised to drown the world in the Korean pop…
Satyajit Ray: Master Of Everything, He Was Meant For The Stratosphere
The 70s and 80s Calcutta was where the action was. Naxalbari exploding across the state, Siddhartha Shankar Ray hogging headlines dealing with extremism and devising Emergency, Bengal at…
Berhampur Offers Hope
The chutzpah, nerviness and forthrightness of Ganjam society is exemplary. Not many districts in India are so bountiful and yet tenacious in constantly enhancing last mile productivity,…
The Barefoot Ornithologists Of Mangalajodi
Humanity is woefully embattled, both internally and externally, and constantly bickering over habitat and moorings. At Mangalajodi, birds from across continents have found their no man’s…
Utkal Divas Musing: Time For Odisha To Make Museums Economic Engines
Recently Museums in Odisha have got makeovers and are visitable and welcoming. Before the renovations, the museums were apologies in the name of archives. I hope they continue to shine for…