Charudutta Panigrahi

Destruction Of Talabira Forest: Curious Silence Of Civil Society In Odisha

From a basket case to a trillion-dollar economic powerhouse. Odisha appears to be set for the big leap. With a…

December 15, 2019

Odia Theatre Festival In Delhi Opens With A Hard-Hitting Play, Sagar Manthan

The opening day of the Odia Theatre Festival in the national capital was quite a trendsetter. The play started in…

November 9, 2019

Let Simplicity & Hearty Humour Be Odisha’s Valuable Export

  There was always humour, comedy and a certain cheekiness in public life in Odisha. I have heard that in…

November 7, 2019

Indomitable Spirit Of Odia Theatre And Its Doyens

With an honorary doctorate conferred on him this year by Ravenshaw University, his alma mater, he is now Dr Anant…

October 24, 2019

Aum Jagannath Has A Deeper Meaning Than Jai Jagannath

The greeting of Odias should be Aum Jagannath in place of Jai Jagannath. Recently, I was giving a talk in…

October 17, 2019

Akshaya Mohanty – The Cult

A dramatic story teller without frills, only Akshaya Mohanty, the maverick can open his story with these lines, “ଯିଏ ଭୁଲିଯାଏ…

October 12, 2019

Bhasani Blues & Cuttack: Bidding Adieu To Maa And Family

These could be the last embers of the warmth of a joint family, a large gathering of siblings, of relatives,…

October 8, 2019

Odisha’s Mo Sarkar Can Be A Global Model

‘Integrity and working together as one united service’ has turned around Singapore to a dynamo, though pocket-sized. Rwanda is manifesting…

October 7, 2019

First Day, First Show Only For Big B!

Only Amitabh Bachchan could make ‘first day, first show’ an ego issue for all of us—my friends, peers and ilk.…

October 7, 2019

The Time Is Ripe To Imbibe Gandhiji’s Invincible Spirit

"Generations to come, it may well be, will scarce believe that such a man as this one, ever in flesh…

October 2, 2019