The commotion on the main arterial road that cuts the town of Baripada in two made us boys suspend our...

Master Shakespeare said one was liable for one’s actions, not thoughts. What about intents, you might ask? For don’t they...

On a pleasant October morning in 1996 Subrat alighted from a bus on to the famous cobblestones of Oxford’s Gloucester...

The news felt unreal as long as it came in an aerogramme. During the 15 to 20 days an aerogramme...

Do(e) Re Me Fa(r) So La Ti.... Every time Subrat thought about the cult song from The Sound of Music,...

From early childhood, fear of trains was ingrained in Subrat. A stage has now come when he clung on to...

Nothing could stop us now. We were homeward-bound. Our little moment of heroism awaited us. I took courage from Renu’s...

One reads books for two reasons: enjoyment and enlightenment. There are scores of books, even hundreds if one is the...

At a time when the world is in a tearing hurry and future projection is the name of the game,...

The cognoscenti of Odisha’s literary and academic world woke up on the morning of 28 May to the sad and...