Guest Column

We have seen our own mothers, aunts and other female relatives and acquaintances surrendering the most productive years of their lives anchoring marriages, raising children and families. And one fine...

Global warming is the most complex problem that human society is facing. This is mostly caused due to various activities particularly unplanned industrial and urban development along with fossil fuel-based...

It is as if fate had ordained that life and art synched in perfect harmony. Only days after becoming a daily commuter, as a result of an unexpected job switch,...

Children born before the nineties in Bhubaneswar are perhaps the luckiest. They not only played in Children’s Park but also rode bicycles -- safely -- on all roads, even to...

It was not that we never chased shortcuts in life, even in the early parts of history. Humans have a restless tendency to use their brains and find ways and...

The other day, my husband showed me a social media post with a photograph of a post office with two separate queues for male and female with the former much...

When New Zealand played Afghanistan in the T20 World Cup on November 7, crores of Indians were wishing and praying for an upset Afghan win. The reason was simple. That...

The residential campus for faculty members of Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy (IGNFA) is in the picturesque 'Litchi Bagh' in front of the Forest Research Institute (FRI). Across the road,...

If I were able to travel back in time to fix one thing, I would choose that night in Baripada forty years ago. It was on this night that I...

World Urbanism Day is also known as World Town Planning Day. The scope of urban planning has expanded beyond bricks and buildings as it is a framework through which visionary...