Guest Column

As India celebrates her 80th Independence Day, I find myself looking back, not only at the journey of my country, but also at my own. I was born in August...

Long before she was remembered solely as the voice of generations, Lata Mangeshkar quietly explored another side of music—as a composer of Marathi film songs. For millions of listeners, Lata...

Vande Mataram, Vande Mataram!!! As India celebrates its 80th Independence Day, we proudly remember the sacrifices of millions of freedom fighters who fought against British rule and dreamed of a...

Bhubaneswar: Imagine in a digitised age, especially when the state and central governments are advocating and spending crores of public money to digitise public utility services, a simple application for...

Gen Z’s arrival on the public stage is sudden only to those who chose not to see them coming. After years of being written off as mobile addicts, ill-mannered, pampered,...

Some journeys take us to a destination. Others quietly change the way we see life. One such journey happened nearly fifteen years ago, when four of us were travelling to...

Hiroshima, a name synonymous with unimaginable destruction and human suffering, has become a symbol of hope and rebirth. So do cities which have faced a host of shocks including earthquakes,...

A few days ago, while ordering coffee at a well-known café, I reached into my wallet and placed a currency note on the counter. The cashier smiled, pointed towards a...

For countless Odias, the annual Rath Yatra at Puri is not merely a religious festival but an emotional homecoming. Millions travel in crowded buses and trains, jostle through the sea...

We spend much of our lives listening to the world around us, but how often do we pause to listen to the voice within? Four months ago, a close friend...