Bhubaneswar: Despite suffering from a dreaded disease, 30-year-old Swetapadma Mishra of Keonjhar town has emerged as an acclaimed mandal artist....

A Christian by birth but Hindu at heart, it was Hungarian lass Katalin’s love for Odissi dance that made her...

Even after a 25-year intimate involvement with theatre, as an accomplished actress and promising director who has performed across India...

“Why do these men dance in the costume of women?”  Twenty-eight years ago, a school-going girl of Baripada had asked...

Surviving in the land of Bollywood as an independent Mardal player, Odisha’s indigenous percussion instrument, for 17 years is a...

Bhubaneswar-based Janhabi Behera is quite familiar as a gifted Odissi dancer. Recipient of the prestigious Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Prative...

As a teenager, Narottam Das bagged Odisha State Award for the best design in terracotta in 1996. By the time...

Cuttack-based Mamata Samantaray has been an employee of Odisha Police for over 25 years. That’s her profession. However, her passion...

Guru Sudhakar Sahoo is 86 and still dances on stage. The oldest Odissi performer in the world today, he also...

Mardal, Odisha’s ancient and indigenous percussion instrument is an integral part of Odissi music and dance traditions. Ironically, it was...