Sujit Mahapatra

Did You Know Odisha’s Pipli Art Work Was First Made By A Muslim Darjee? Know The Story

It was Eid on Sunday and we also celebrated the Sunabesha of Lord Jagannath with the Rath Yatra coming to…

July 11, 2022

Why Libraries Are The Lungs Of A Democracy?

The 75th Independence Day yesterday was a momentous occasion, but the momentum was slightly missing for such an occasion because…

August 16, 2021

Redesigning Libraries For Today: The Bakul Story

August 12 is celebrated every year as the National Librarians Day to commemorate the birthday of S R Ranganathan, considered…

August 12, 2021

The Pulse Of The Oldest Democracy: Volunteerism

Today is an important day for us because it is an important day for democracy. It is the foundation day…

July 4, 2021

Reading The Word: Why We Need Public Libraries In Odisha?

The Odisha Society of Americas (OSA) organized a webinar on “Empowering Odisha through State-of-the-art Public Library System” as part of…

July 3, 2021

Is Naveen Patnaik The Designated Survivor?

COVID-19 got me into Netflix. For a long long time, I was away from web-series: I saw it as a…

June 10, 2021

When A ‘Cyclone’ Had Helped End A Pandemic

Well, I had decided to hang up my boots after writing 10 articles in a series on pandemics in history.…

May 25, 2021

Is An ‘Illiterate’ Person ‘Uneducated’?

I remember as a young child, when I was once asked if I wanted to join the civil services when…

September 8, 2020

The Story Of Pandemics In History

When I was asked to self quarantine myself at home, I was interested to explore why a 14th century maritime…

May 6, 2020

Pandemics In History – 10: The End To A Pandemic

We are all worried today about how this pandemic will end, and we will be able to live without fear.…

May 4, 2020