Guest Column

Today is World Tourism Day, a day that reminds us how far Bhubaneswar has travelled across the globe. It’s still an unknown destination globally despite international connectivity as well as...

The celebratory ambience around three blockbuster movies this year tells us the stories of two Indias - one desperately seeking revalidation amid vigorous efforts to erase its existence and the...

Since the day of its revival in 50s of last century, Odissi has travelled from temples of Odisha to the most advanced global stages across the world. Apart from its...

As this article is being written, there's news that Shah Rukh Khan-starrer 'Jawan' has breached the Rs 1000-crore mark in gross earnings in the domestic and overseas markets combined. The...

Gluten, which is present in some grains like wheat, barley and rye, makes the bread chewy and gives it an elastic quality. The elastic quality is very important in the...

Behind the in-your-face massy facade of Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Jawan, lies the subdued lament for an India lost in the cacophony of fierce social media duels and television primetime outrage...

Do health issues scare you? I get troubled when things go wrong with my body. Sorry, wrong term! Make that hyper-anxious. I handle most issues far better than I deal...

The year was 1997. I was posted as the District Magistrate of Ganjam, a southern district of Odisha. The legendary Biju Patnaik had passed away on April 17, 1997, and...

Our mothers are always mothers first. Not an individual, or a woman with her own identity, thoughts, interests, dreams, travails and pain. Who were our mothers before they became our...

On August 8, Jayanta Mahapatra was sitting pretty on his hospital bed and happily released his last poetry book in Odia titled ‘Jhanji- the Sunstroke’. On the evening of August...