OB Special

The year 1961 was a turning point in my life, when as a young boy of six, buoyant with myriad visions of a promising morrow, I and my family of...

Crises bring out the best and the worst in people. As the pandemic plays out with ferocity, we have heart-warming stories of selflessness, sacrifice and spirit of service from every...

Bhubaneswar: The prolonged nationwide lockdown, to curb the spread of novel coronavirus, has helped Odissi expert Sonalika Padhi and daughter Shrinika Purohit learn more about this dance form. "Despite the...

"The mark of a truly civilized man is confidence in the strength and security derived from the inquiring mind,” said Felix Frankfurter, the jurist-philosopher. This belief and dictum has been...

Bhubaneswar: Ollywood actor Manoj Mishra has no complaints for being forced to stay at home due to the nationwide lockdown, caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic. He is happy to...

COVID has exposed the callousness, under-preparedness and obstinacy of world leaders who are supposed to be torchbearers for the second and third world countries. Were we overestimating their vision and...

When spring rolled in around mid-March, 2020, with riots of colour from Daffodils and Crocus filling the British gardens, parks and roadsides, there were no admirers with a spring in...

Lethbridge is nestled in southern part of the province of Alberta, Canada, with just over one lakh population. I live here with my wife. We were excited about the prospect...

Bhubaneswar: The nationwide lockdown, which has forced citizens to stay indoor for weeks on end, has helped actor Partha Sarathi Ray indulge in his hobbies. The lead actor of National...

We have come across two different types of development in a small time gap but they are worth comparing. On the one hand, an RTI revealed that the Reserve Bank...