Guest Column

Fast food and junk food aren’t interchangeable terms and confuse people who want to eat healthy. Not all fast food is bad for you, and some junk food isn’t really...

How do you cope with decisions contrary to your first instinct, especially concerning your child? My wife and I received an email from our daughter’s school that shared details about...

The Eastern Ganga dynasty, which ruled most of present-day Odisha and northern Andhra Pradesh, is one of the illustrious dynasties of India and of the world as well. It’s one...

For all of us who have crossed our mid-lives or hovering close to it, the annual school summer vacation used to be one the most anticipated and coveted pleasures. I...

Odissi is one of the most ancient classical Indian dance forms dating back to the second century B.C. Odisha is the confluence of various socio-religious streams like Buddhism, Jainism, Tantricism...

The bus left Cuttack’s Badambadi around 9 at night and got to Sambalpur in the small hours of the morning. Dawn was yet to break. The sky over Sambalpur was...

Have you experienced a feeling of deep satisfaction seeing a fellow awardee win that feels greater than your award? I felt this on April 30, 2023. That evening, I was...

Today, May 11 is indeed a day of special observance. On this day in 1999, India was blessed with the one billionth child who would be later named ‘Aastha’. Indeed...

The brother of a good friend recently went to meet a young woman, a prospective alliance for marriage. His family was hopeful that the alliance would work out as both...

Attacking Nehru’s minister Nityananda Kanungo inside the Lok Sabha for creating hindrances to recognise Odissi as a classical dance form was basically a consequence of infighting amongst the cultural icons...