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Nestled in the luxuriant spread of deciduous forests of a branch of the Eastern Ghats, Dhenkanal does not really need any beauty-enhancing intervention to be more attractive to outsiders, but...

'Bhakt' is a maligned word in our world. In the current definition, the word refers to a person prone to expressing excessive devotion to the subject of adoration. The devotion...

When the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) recently announced equal match fee for both female and male centrally-contracted players to promote gender equality by implementing a pay...

In conservative Dhenkanal, the fascination for tipples among the young population stands out as odd. Once the staple of the social deviant, alcohol appears to have been normalised through gradual...

It was a construct powered by the intellectual wavelength, clarity and integrity of the elite of the Independence era. It was an ambitious, long-term project drawing strength from modern education,...

It’s one of the commonest and routine experiences that girls and women go through in public places, educational institutes, offices and also in domestic spaces. An everyday occurrence happening in...

Childhood memories - some hazy, some sharply contoured and some imagined and exaggerated - are a serviceable reference point for assessment of change in the lives of people over time....

"I am rediscovering myself. And I am indeed amused by what I am," says the friend without a trace of humour. Active in the social sector for long and now...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Mineral-rich Odisha has potential sites for developing a domestic pharma manufacturing sector, said Priyanka Priyadarsiny, head of research and development wing of Panacea Biotec Limited, New Delhi, while...

The nostalgic notion of Dhenkanal as a peaceful and laidback town happy in its scenic surrounds takes a battering within days of your stay here. If you have been away...