Charudutta Panigrahi

A good number in India is aware of the Third Floor (TF) in Odisha. Specifically in business and policy circles. Never before in public governance has a floor of a building been so ubiquitous…

Akshaya Mohanty is one of the best-known music composers, litterateur and promoter of Odisha who continues to straddle the Odia social life for more than six decades. A household name in…

I am a deep-dyed votary of Khati. The closest expression in English would be a commune. Sociologists have discovered a distinct pattern in communes. Richard Sosis and Eric Bressler had…

Slangs do not mean cuss words or foul language. Rather these are a set of colloquial words and phrases. They are regional languages or terms, mostly using typical vernacular style of usage…

I have always compared the art of her performance with the art of writing elegant hieroglyphs. You could sense the mystery and see the beauty of complete submission to the Supreme. Because…

Glash was not a melody party but a rock band – the group of passionate, gutsy youngsters would often plead. The dogmatic environment couldn’t see the difference between the two. Odisha and…

Odias have travelled far and wide, eons ago. There was a time when our fraternity fearlessly ventured across the seas with very little idea of far-off places, countries or continents. The…

I have experienced Puri as a way of life. It is not only a place to live or visit. The sexual energy that pervades in Puri is intense, powerful and controlled because there is conscious…

The day Pratap Swain died it is said that many girls in Berhampur ‘broke their bangles.’ He was a ruthless criminal, but he could with his style of holding kangaroo courts easily dispense…

Yes, I am responsible for the ‘Odia unity’ that we all talk about, always. Those are probably the most commonly used words when two Odias meet. No more a jibe, it has turned to subtle…