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Bhubaneswar: A fresh controversy has erupted in Odisha’s cultural circles after some male Odissi dancers took the stage sporting stubble on the second evening of the five-day Konrak Festival 2025...

Bhubaneswar: In a move that has sparked both acclaim for addressing inflation and criticism for fiscal extravagance, the Odisha Assembly recently approved a massive salary revision for the lawmakers, tripling...

Yesterday evening, a simple conversation about the Indian Constitution turned into a long debate at home. I was helping my Class 7 son with his civics lesson. The topic was...

I was 3-year-old when I started going to Bali Jatra. Holding my father’s little finger, or being carried on his shoulder as he was 6 feet tall and I could...

Bhubaneswar: As Nuapada readies for the D-Day on Tuesday, much significance is being attached not just on the outcome but also its plausible impact on the internal dynamics of the...

Odisha, in 2025, stands at a historic confluence. Its cultural wellspring — Bali Jatra, Kartika Purnima, Boita Bandana — remains alive, not as romantic nostalgia but as the DNA of...

I met Prof Dharanidhar Sahu (1948-2025), who passed away earlier this month on October 21, in 1989 when I returned from England to rejoin Berhampur University. He had joined as...

Bhubaneswar: Pushed to the wall after the BJD’s first choice Jay Dholakia joined the BJP ahead of Nuapada by-election, Naveen Patnaik has tried to pull a rabbit out of the...

Bhubaneswar: Jay Dholakia's induction into the BJP ahead of the November 11 by-election to Nuapada Assembly constituency, was a 'I have seen this before' moment in Odisha politics. The Bijepur...

It has been over two decades since I attended my first gender sensitisation training, organised by an international development agency for professionals in the development sector. Both men and women...