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Are faith and rationalism mutually exclusive entities? The line of thought insisting on it makes it categorical that both don't mix. If one is faithful, one has to be irrational....

When Chief Justice of India (CJI) D.Y. Chandrachud recently said that the structure of legal profession is “feudal, patriarchal and not accommodating of women” and that there is a need...

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...