Odisha Introspective

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,...

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...

  Super Deluxe, the quirky multi-track noir Tamil film directed by Thiagarajan Kumararaja, explores dreadfully dark human situations and the emotional turbulence the protagonists undergo while confronted with them. One of the...

 One in every few bricks that go into erecting the refined, status-signalling dwelling units of urban India is the product of a deft Odia hand. The ornaments of extravagant stones...

The role of history as preserver of shared identity often gets underplayed. As does its importance as the factor that fosters bonding in the community. A society with a stronger...

India made a valiant attempt to establish its presence on the moon. We almost reached there, but failed. And that failure caused a national heartbreak. A sense of deep sorrow...

The remarks of outsiders on Odias can be unbearably patronising at times. Their nice words don't warm the cockles of your heart; they leave you fuming and cursing. Behind the...

Asmita. It is the luminescence within, that soft glow of self-belief and quiet assuredness about one's state of being. It is the unique descriptor which defines one for others. It...