Charudutta Panigrahi

After all these years of Independence, we have not done much to foster thinking in our young minds. India is a land of unlimited capabilities. Now the time has come for a Ministry of…

You were succour to middle-class dreams, the romance, because then India was different. Without TV, without much hype, you were one of the most famous composers, coming out with tunes, which…

Though feared for her polemical assertions much later in life, with access to power, Nandini Satpathy (June 9, 1931- August 4, 2006) set in discipline in public service. The Secretariat in…

On this day, May 19, six years ago, my father Pramod Panigrahi had left me, bodily. Since then he has been with me, even closer. The more I observe myself, the more I realise that my genome,…

I would like to draw a parallel between the ‘window of discourse’ and the ‘window of social work’ in India. The Overton window, which is the first name of windows of discourse, is the band…

COVID has exposed the callousness, under-preparedness and obstinacy of world leaders who are supposed to be torchbearers for the second and third world countries. Were we overestimating…

I am not sure when COVID-19 will end or if it has an end at all. The virus attack from high-risk groups is now entering into the general population and its menace is getting bigger every…

There cannot be any earmarked time for nationalism. Because nationalism entails loyalty to a nation, a group of people who share a particular origin and characteristics, language, customs,…

‘No Strings Attached’ by Bhaskar Parichha is a compendium of Odisha’s politics, political players and social leaders from varied fields and of trends in the state’s narratives, primarily…

The world has shut down and everyone is home bound. On this Utkal Divas on April 1 , we need to join our souls, knit our families even stronger and resolve that we would do our best not to…