OB Special

Charudutta Panigrahi has always led a regulated life. During the time of lockdown, it is even more so. "The difference is that there is no travelling now, so I have...

Life for Odia poet Sujata Chaudhry has undergone a sea change following the nationwide lockdown, which was clamped to check the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. She lives in fear, worrying...

For Swastik Choudhury, the lockdown is an opportunity to reassess his priorities and habits. Acknowledging that this forced lockdown is for the good of humanity, as it battles the deadly...

  The dawn breaks languid and serene to the symphony of chirping birds. Soft, early rays of the sun lend colour and shape to silhouettes before painting the sky in...

By her own admission, Anuradha Biswal is not a good cook. But now that she is confined within the four walls of her quarter in NALCO Colony, courtesy the lockdown,...

Bhubaneswar: An achiever, who has mastered the art of turning adversity into opportunity, Prof. Manojranjan Nayak is now focused on combating the grave threat posed by coronavirus that has brought...

Men were not made for home. Before it sparks a feminist outrage, let's clarify. It's because they are hopelessly unevolved for a full-time stay at home. They have been, some...

Ollywood actor Asit Patra has no doubt that the nationwide lockdown was necessary to win the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic that is raging across the world. He also believes...

Bhubaneswar-based designer Reemly Mohanty had gone to her parents' place with her son just days before the nationwide lockdown was announced. By her own confession, they are in quarantine there...