Charudutta Panigrahi

We need not build a new Odisha every time. A target based approach with timelines is the simplest and the best way to achieve all round development. A transformed Odisha can always be the…

I can’t imagine Odisha being a breakthrough state and a $1 trillion economy without harnessing the rich west Odisha. The western part of Odisha has deep-seated cultural identity, rootedness…

The state is stitching together a development agenda for 2036 – towards hundred years of Odisha state formation. FRA (Forest Rights Act) presents an opportunity to set up a new paradigm of…

I admire Vir Sanghvi’s writing for its centrality. He is never pungent, acrimonious or strident in his views, always choosing a middle path. That in itself is a rare art. In the write up,…

Odisha is poised to punch well above its weight. That’s because its weight has always been underestimated. But no more. As India is gearing towards achieving an economy of US$ 5 trillion in…

Odisha is the largest producer of iron ore and other non-ferrous minerals in the country. We are gearing up for the auction of mines and everybody – the Centre, the state, the industry –…

Odisha is opening its ratna bhandara (treasure vault) and we should be aware of how this would change our lives forever. Don’t bracket the author as an anti-mining activist just because he’s…

Fani, the powerful cyclone hit Odisha and left a trail of destruction, that ravaged lives, destroyed families and livelihoods. Odisha has experienced the landfall of at least four major…

It was magical. At that time, a frail old man appeared and requested the King to be taken into the Karusala (workshop), emphasising that he was going to carve the deities. The old man (who…

The King arranged to go to Purushottama kshetra with all residents of Avanti, and the departure day was fixed on Sukla Paksha Sasthi, in the month of Jyestha, on a Wednesday. At…