Guest Column

It was a weekday, so a mid-morning phone call from my parents surprised me. By the time the call ended, my heart had turned heavy for I had lost an...

Call it guilty-pleasure or curiosity or a synonym of either, it was definitely fun to watch 'Indian Matchmaking' on Netflix. The show garnered polarised opinions with some calling it highly...

On today’s date, five years back—30th July 2015—Odias did something which was unimaginable just a couple of years back. They more or less convinced the world that what they have...

I thought I was an unlikely candidate for COVID-19 what with my five km of running everyday, religious consumption of all healthy kadhas, health drinks, fruits and vegetables along with...

South Block has a dilemma. There is concern over the game-changing, multi-billion-dollar investments China is making in transport infrastructure in India’s neighbourhood, as if it were a garland of Yuan...

A former chief minister of Odisha once famously described journalists as drain inspectors. Politicians of various hues have  bestowed upon them many unflattering epithets in the past. Kanshi Ram, the...

Yesterday, we had a movie night. I got popcorn, a sweet flavour for me, and settled down with my friends to watch a new movie. The difference was that we...

Get up in the morning, sit down, close your eyes and focus on breathing. Relax your shoulders, breathe in deeply and slowly release the air from the lungs. Breathing should...

The Ashok Gehlot vs. Sachin Pilot imbroglio has brought the issue of audiotapes as evidence in a court of law to the fore. Allegedly incriminating audio clips may become viral...

The truth is that he bridged the gap between statutory labyrinths and common, human needs. People flocked to him because he could do the impossible – any work, anywhere. This...