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Son’s Education Vs Daughter’s Wedding
It’s the year 2023. But the mindset about parents and families saving for the son’s education and the daughter’s wedding has not shifted. Budged a bit perhaps, but certainly not shifted…
Teachers Day: Only Collaborative Efforts By Society & Govt Can Help Teachers…
Walking under my umbrella this morning, the sight of children scurrying on their bicycles wearing raincoats, parents in a tearing hurry ushering their children into their vehicles to drop…
God’s Own Feast: The Onam
The pitter-patter of a shyly receding monsoon greeted me as I stepped out of the airport. I was in the land of God's Own Country. It is a coincidence that it was time for Onam.
What is…
Dare to Drive: Surviving Delhi’s Traffic Mayhem
I challenge you.
Can you drive on Delhi’s roads for a week without losing your cool?
If the answer’s yes, know that you are rare.
I struggle.
I have anger issues, but it’s much…
It’s Time To Recognise Contribution Of Odisha Hero Madhusudan Das To Local…
For some decades now, the municipal bodies and Odisha Government have been observing August 31 as the All India Local Self Government Day as if to symbolise the birth of civic bodies.…
World Cup 2023: Team India’s Burden of Plenty
A few weeks to go for the ODI World Cup, Team India looks far from a settled, let alone formidable, unit. The experiments with different players and combinations in recent times and the…
Loving Unconditionally Is The Highest Form Of Life: Jayanta Mahapatra
As I was browsing through the news today, I got to know that one of my favourite personalities from Odisha, Jayanta Mahapatra, is no more. He was admitted to SCB Medical College and…
Nazakat & Nafasat: The Awesome Twosome In Kebabs
For any connoisseur of food – kebab will always remind them of the famous lines written by poet Ghulam Hamadan Mushafi ‘Sar e atish jo ashk rezaan thaa, kisi aashiq ki thi kabab mein jaan’ …
Saying Goodbye To A Job You Aren’t Meant For
Have you quit your job when pushed to do something alien to your nature?
Ten months into my first job, I faced this when my boss asked me to make cold calls to prospective clients offering…
Hindi Film Industry Back From The Doldrums; What Changed In 2023?
After a couple of years in the doldrums, the beleaguered Hindi film industry appears to have rediscovered its mojo. A series of commercially successful movies this year has dispelled the…