Charudutta Panigrahi

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,…

Odisha's population in 2020 will be approximately 4.8 crore and is slated to rise much faster in the coming two-three years due to rapid industrialisation, spurt in mining activities,…

We don't need platitudes, sermons or superheroes to 'centre' us. This centring is that of humanity and our faith in ourselves and our society. P. Kamraju of Digapahandi Hospital spearheaded…

After a long time, not since the major Panchayati Raj reforms were undertaken in the 90s, the plan to create 450 new revenue circles came as a bold governance step to prepare Odisha for mega…

I am not writing this because he was well connected but because I felt connected to him. I had a brief but memorable meeting with him more than a decade and a half ago in New York. We were…

Not many realise that Goa gives India the intangible value of individual and social freedom, which keeps societies and communities bonded despite their own peculiarities. I would not be…

From a basket case to a trillion-dollar economic powerhouse. Odisha appears to be set for the big leap. With a steady growth rate averaging upward of eight per cent, the state is likely to…

The opening day of the Odia Theatre Festival in the national capital was quite a trendsetter. The play started in time, even after the traditional lamp lighting and on stage speeches by the…

There was always humour, comedy and a certain cheekiness in public life in Odisha. I have heard that in one of the meetings of Utkal Sammilani in the early days, Lingaraj Panigrahi…

With an honorary doctorate conferred on him this year by Ravenshaw University, his alma mater, he is now Dr Anant Mahapatra. In India, awards probably indicate a swansong but in Dr…