OB Special

Here's the standard argument for cheap, lowbrow content from media houses. Such content means more eyeballs, more TRPs and more advertising revenue. Without revenue, they cannot meet the costs of...

"Why do you want to be a journalist?" The interviewer asks the youngster seeking admission in an institute in Odisha offering a course in journalism. "I want to do great...

In the Hindi film, “Munna Bhai, MBBS”, Dr Asthana, Dean of a medical college, asserted, “Relationship between doctor and patient should be purely professional and dispassionate.” When I joined as...

Tunguru Bhola is a celebrity of sorts, and if the smile on his face refuses to fade these days, there is reason for it. It is not always television crew...

The voyeuristic obsession of a section of Odisha's media with the Tunguru Bhola story is not just a sign of dipping standards of decency in public discourse in Odisha, it's...

In our movies many decades ago, the police landed on the scene after the hero was done with his heroics. They always arrived late. The officer, wielding a megaphone, asked...

Bhubaneswar: In what might possibly provide relief to the proponents of Puri Parikrama Project, the Union Culture Ministry has decided to amend the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains...

Imagine an all-female adda or an all-girls khatti closer to home in Odisha. It’s a socio-cultural practice where girls and women gather in the mornings or evenings in street corners,...

After two years of subdued celebrations, Odisha is celebrating Raja with full aplomb. Needless to say, there is an air of festivity all around with decked up markets and sweet...

Tucked safely in his well-equipped home in the suburbs of Bhubaneswar, the capital of Odisha, this young man, all of 26, is busy fighting the supposed enemies of the nation....