Odisha Introspective

Arrested Gopalpur MLA Pradeep Panigrahi Moves Orissa HC For Bail

Cuttack: Arrested Gopalpur MLA Pradeep Panigrahi has moved the Orissa High Court seeking bail. Panigrahi's bail plea was initially rejected…

December 11, 2020

There’s A Decline In Odisha’s Intellectual Culture, It Shows In Our Cinema: Bijay Mishra

It is rather ironic that someone honoured with the Jayadeva Samman for his lifetime contribution to Odia cinema would maintain…

December 17, 2019

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…

December 15, 2019

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…

December 13, 2019

Migration: Odias Are Makers Of New India; Why It’s Not A Matter Of Pride

 One in every few bricks that go into erecting the refined, status-signalling dwelling units of urban India is the product…

December 10, 2019

Lack Of Odia Bonding: The Price We Pay For Ignoring History

The role of history as preserver of shared identity often gets underplayed. As does its importance as the factor that…

December 4, 2019

Spirit Of Konark: The Missing Link Between Then And Now

India made a valiant attempt to establish its presence on the moon. We almost reached there, but failed. And that…

December 1, 2019

Why Odisha Not Getting Its Due?

The remarks of outsiders on Odias can be unbearably patronising at times. Their nice words don't warm the cockles of…

December 1, 2019

Odia Identity: Our Space In The Universe

Asmita. It is the luminescence within, that soft glow of self-belief and quiet assuredness about one's state of being. It…

December 1, 2019