Charudutta Panigrahi

For Odisha To Evolve, We Need Original Thinking And Intellectualism

Like GDP, IQ should not be regarded as a comprehensive measure -- GDP of human development and IQ of intellectualism.…

July 8, 2020

A Ministry Of Thinking, Need Of The Hour In India To Achieve Our Goals

After all these years of Independence, we have not done much to foster thinking in our young minds. India is…

June 29, 2020

Happy Birthday, Panchamda! Your Music Was Ahead Of Your Times

You were succour to middle-class dreams, the romance, because then India was different. Without TV, without much hype, you were…

June 27, 2020

Father & Father Figure

On this day, May 19, six years ago, my father Pramod Panigrahi had left me, bodily. Since then he has…

May 19, 2020

Social Work’s Diminishing Returns

I would like to draw a parallel between the ‘window of discourse’ and the ‘window of social work’ in India.…

May 16, 2020

Developed Countries & COVID: The Trauma Of Overestimation

COVID has exposed the callousness, under-preparedness and obstinacy of world leaders who are supposed to be torchbearers for the second…

May 8, 2020

Micro Planning Is Must In Post-COVID-19 Odisha

I am not sure when COVID-19 will end or if it has an end at all. The virus attack from…

May 3, 2020

Madhu Barrister: Upholding The Odia Honour

There cannot be any earmarked time for nationalism. Because nationalism entails loyalty to a nation, a group of people who…

April 28, 2020

Bhaskar Parichha’s ‘No Strings Attached’: A Collector’s Book On Odisha Politics & Its Influencers

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

April 15, 2020

Utkal Divas Musings: What COVID-19 & Its Aftermath Could Mean For Odisha

The world has shut down and everyone is home bound. On this Utkal Divas on April 1 , we need…

April 1, 2020