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I was born and brought up in Odisha -- the dal imprint was always yellow till I went to Delhi for my higher studies. When I ventured out for food...

Odisha’s history is very much under-researched and largely unexplored by scholars and popular writers alike. Authors have restricted themselves to recreating the past glory of the state during the reign...

Odia films have a bright future because it can only rise after touching the nadir. That’s the silver lining for an industry which has for years not seen many original...

Sidney Poitier’s death at the over ripe age of 94 reopens the long-standing saga of struggle of Black life in the White world in general and in America in particular....

Devdas Chhotray, a 1971 batch IAS officer from Bihar cadre, is better known and acclaimed in Odisha as a poet, lyricist and writer. When he was not even 14 years...

Odisha had the first SDG budget in 2021-22 with an outlay of Rs 1,34,225 crore. SDG (Sustainable Development Goal) budget mainstreams the SDGs into state policy formulation, strategic and annual...

A single female colleague of mine in her early 30s, who had recently shifted to Bhubaneswar, was frantically looking for a house. She soon started panicking when she was unable...

Bhubaneswar: Today marks the birth anniversary of Louis Braille and celebrates his remarkable invention that spurred the progress of humanity as a whole, allowing specially-abled people to overcome their communication...

I joined as Principal, Forest Rangers’ College (FRC), Angul, in September 1989 and continued for three years. One of my predecessors, Subash Chandra Mishra, gave me some friendly advice: “Be...

The New Year signifies a new beginning. A chance to evaluate our highs and lows of the year past, and to move forward with a clean slate. It allows us...