OB Special

Maverick, crazy, unorthodox, idiosyncratic, nonconformist...Experts have dug into the dictionary to capture Rishabh Pant in a word but the perfect choice appears elusive. Subtler expressions such as graceful, elegant and...

Raja Reddy, an IFS officer of 1984 batch from Andhra Pradesh, was posted for on-the-job training (OJT) in Khordha division. He got down from train and proceeded straight to the...

FY 2022-2023 will see Odisha handling an outlay of Rs 2-lakh crore which hints at it being an outcome budget, at least in setting a norm, if not a whole...

Tunguru Bhola is possibly the most famous Odia at the moment. He is in the viral zone. His antics fetch millions of clicks on the social media. Videos on him...

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...