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With Test over just before Christmas holidays, school was practically over for the 1973 batch. With the turn of the year, new things were coming to light such as tie-ups that were not…

When I take any meal in my favourite Chinese restaurant -- egg, vegetable, chicken, lamb dishes -- the texture is out of the world. This process is known as velveting and in Mandarin,…

Do you join or leave an organisation for its own sake or due to a boss? There is no right or wrong here. Each experience is unique. To generalise would be a fallacy. The overall work…

Leave aside studying, no one in Odisha or outside even talks about Odisha budget. None of the numerous management/technical institutions, the academia in Bhubaneswar and around the state…

As per the World Radio Map, there are approximately 40,000 radio stations in the world. India is one of the largest radio markets in the world, with over 900 radio stations. The radio…

When I was a line cook in my first assignment, we normally used three types of oil. The first was a standard, no-fuss vegetable oil used primarily for filling the deep fryer. The second…

Will the Aam Aadmi Party emerge as a political force in Odisha? The question would flummox many. The BJD is firmly in the saddle and its leader Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's popularity has…

Have you faced a situation where a seemingly good thing wasn’t so good in the long run? When all that glittered, you discovered later, was not gold. Me too. My story will tell you…

A big deal is made when girls attain puberty in India. Attaining menarche or the first menstruation cycle seems to be the only defining sign of puberty among girls. And with the onset of…

First the sandalwood tilak on the forehead and a single shrivelled-up rose with its aluminum foil-wrapped stem tucked into the shirt pocket. This was the pre-entry ritual. Then upon entry,…