Guest Column

A few years back we were shooting a video to document existing sanitation behaviours among households in Odisha. During the shoot in a village close to Bhubaneswar, we interviewed the...

Long after the reopening of cinema halls post-COVID pandemic, I watched five films recently in Keshari Cinema, arguably the best single-screen movie hall in Bhubaneswar. Tickets in Keshari are priced...

The nostalgic notion of Dhenkanal as a peaceful and laidback town happy in its scenic surrounds takes a battering within days of your stay here. If you have been away...

There is no escaping media pundits. They are out there, on our television screens, social media posts, and newspapers, pontificating on anything and everything and throwing predictions to sway our...

Bhubaneswar’s dream of becoming an Indore sounds good, but the journey to become India’s cleanest city is neither easy nor smooth. Why not try that journey through a sustainable way....

What comes to your mind first when you spot the word “çompany”? A business organisation selling goods and services, right? How many of you first associated the term to mean...

When I was selected for the Indian Forest Service (IFS) in 1982, PC Ratho, a good friend and colleague of my father in the Indian Police Service (IPS), while congratulating...

The other day I was waiting to take the office lift in the lobby. As soon as the door opened, I found a broad-framed guy in the lift almost blocking...

Hate them as much as you like. Summon the choicest words to describe them - unintelligent, ill-informed, mean, malicious, bhakt, chamcha whatever - but there is no way escaping them....

Ever lost the moment because you were too caught up trying to click selfies? You planned for months to get here. A much-frequented destination where the rush doesn’t permit you...