Charudutta Panigrahi

The Disease Of Odia Self-Belittling

Recently I met a close friend, well-heeled Odia and with a perennially professed Odia love. I was quite shocked when…

November 26, 2021

The Kick Of Shortcuts, Instant ‘Dhana’ & ‘Dharma’

It was not that we never chased shortcuts in life, even in the early parts of history. Humans have a…

November 12, 2021

COP 26, Coal Mining & Just Transition

I attended COP 26 and sensed the urgency, the helplessness and the laxity in approaches and preparedness by the various…

November 5, 2021

Melting Pot Dalma

Dalma, undeniably Odisha’s first cuisine branded food enterprise, is trailblazing. Megadiverse but grossly understated, Odisha’s cuisine suffered perennial anonymity. Dalma…

October 22, 2021

Third Floor

A good number in India is aware of the Third Floor (TF) in Odisha. Specifically in business and policy circles.…

October 15, 2021

What Makes Padma Award For Odisha’s Versatile Akshaya Mohanty Overdue

Akshaya Mohanty is one of the best-known music composers, litterateur and promoter of Odisha who continues to straddle the Odia…

October 13, 2021

Bijou Bhubaneswar Club: Khati With Additional Dose Of ‘Power Tittle-Tattle’

I am a deep-dyed votary of Khati. The closest expression in English would be a commune. Sociologists have discovered a…

September 10, 2021

The Intimacy Of Slangs

Slangs do not mean cuss words or foul language. Rather these are a set of colloquial words and phrases. They…

September 3, 2021

Sanjukta Panigrahi: Culture Emissary & Revivalist Of Odissi

I have always compared the art of her performance with the art of writing elegant hieroglyphs. You could sense the…

August 24, 2021

Glash: Odisha’s Tryst With Rock Music

Glash was not a melody party but a rock band – the group of passionate, gutsy youngsters would often plead.…

August 13, 2021