Guest Column

Art is the proper task of life, said Nietzsche and Bertolt Brecht thinks that “if art reflects life, it does so with special mirrors”. Maybe yes but both the thoughts are...

Eminent Indian classical singer and music director Pandit Raghunath Panigrahi was born today, August 10, in 1932. The ambassador of 'Geeta Govinda', Pandit Raghunath Panigrahi dedicated his life to music, singing and...

Very few people, both in Odisha and Tamil Nadu, are aware of the deep connection that Biju Patnaik shared with Karunanidhi. In the third volume of his autobiographical book ‘Nenjukku...

Odisha had its own parallel of Broadway way back in 1930s. Known as Annapurna Theatre it was Eton of Odia culture and entertainment. It used to stage at least five...

Being an Indian and being sportsmanlike are two different things. This was amply evident when Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (CWGOC) asked the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) to pay a bill...

Urban India is growing fast mainly due to rapid industrialization and various commercial activities. Solid wastes and sewage are also being generated increasingly in cities and the authorities are paying...

This story begins from a visit to the Madras War Cemetery while I was doing an article of the War Cemeteries in India. At the Cemetery I had come across...

Among the 36 different services (seva) offered to the Lord, the rituals performed by Devadasis, also known as Maharis, was the only category where women were allowed to serve Lord...

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to notify hockey as the national sport of India has stirred a national debate. Although the...

The tussle between the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and the Union Sports Ministry over the issue of autonomy of sports bodies was expected to happen. It has started yet again...