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Rewind 2019: When Odisha Did Not Stoop In Face Of Calamities And Tragedies
Bhubaneswar: Cyclones are nothing new to Odisha. To say that the people of Odisha are accustomed to them would be an overstatement because each time a cyclone hits the state, it leaves…
Resolution 2020: Let’s Make Odisha Great Again
Our government is a hard-working one. Critics, incorrigible as they are, would maintain that it is a treadmill sarkar. It runs fast, sweats a bucket, burns calories but goes nowhere. It is…
Flashback 2019: Hottest Car Launches Of The Year
2019 has been a year of ups and downs for the auto industry. The year saw one of the biggest falls in volumes in a decade. Yet, there has been huge waiting lists for new entrants like Kia…
Rewind 2019: Dutee Chand, Guts, Glory And Gumption
In the prickly universe of morality and instant judgement we live in, the decision to make deeply personal matters public is fraught with risks. So when sprinter Dutee Chand…
Ollywood 2019: Film Personalities Reflect On What Went Wrong While Looking Forward To…
Bhubaneswar: Ollywood has come a long way with some of its directors making a mark at national and international scene. In 2019, some film came up to the expectations of the audience while…
Flashback 2019: Mega Sports Events Bolster Odisha Reputation
2019 was a complete package when it came to sports in Odisha. There was cheer for new records and aghast over fallen heroes. The year saw Odisha achieving new milestones while emerging as…
2020: Resolutions We Want Odisha Film Industry To Make
New Year resolutions never changed the world. They didn't even change the men who took dire vows on New Year eve, with all seriousness, pomposity, determination and drama, to be better than…
There’s A Decline In Odisha’s Intellectual Culture, It Shows In Our Cinema:…
It is rather ironic that someone honoured with the Jayadeva Samman for his lifetime contribution to Odia cinema would maintain a distance from the state's film industry. But Bijay Mishra,…
Destruction Of Talabira Forest: Curious Silence Of Civil Society In Odisha
From a basket case to a trillion-dollar economic powerhouse. Odisha appears to be set for the big leap. With a steady growth rate averaging upward of eight per cent, the state is likely to…
Odia Cinema: The Overbearing Stench Of Staleness
Super Deluxe, the quirky multi-track noir Tamil film directed by Thiagarajan Kumararaja, explores dreadfully dark human situations and the emotional turbulence the protagonists…