Guest Column

Here's the standard argument for cheap, lowbrow content from media houses. Such content means more eyeballs, more TRPs and more advertising revenue. Without revenue, they cannot meet the costs of...

On a wintry December night in 2012, a 23-year-old paramedic student was raped and savagely assaulted by a group of drunk men on a moving bus in Delhi. Badly injured,...

You are stuck. You’re on the wrong side of 40, struggling to find a job. Circumstances had forced you to quit your previous job. And now every employer you’ve sent...

"Why do you want to be a journalist?" The interviewer asks the youngster seeking admission in an institute in Odisha offering a course in journalism. "I want to do great...

Water is a prime natural resource and is very essential for all living beings. It is a basic human need and very essential for our socio-economic development. All over the...

In the Hindi film, “Munna Bhai, MBBS”, Dr Asthana, Dean of a medical college, asserted, “Relationship between doctor and patient should be purely professional and dispassionate.” When I joined as...

Tunguru Bhola is a celebrity of sorts, and if the smile on his face refuses to fade these days, there is reason for it. It is not always television crew...

Some decades ago, Bhubaneswar invested in creating a street that looks like Dubai with date palms etc. Yet it is far from many simple indicators that people are debating at...

Every year, three new chariots are constructed for the Rath Yatra in Odisha's Puri town. It starts with collection of wood on Basant Panchami (February-March), which is considered the most...

The voyeuristic obsession of a section of Odisha's media with the Tunguru Bhola story is not just a sign of dipping standards of decency in public discourse in Odisha, it's...