OB Special

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (October 31, 1875-December 15, 1950) was one of the greatest unifiers of India and one of the main architects of modern India. As the first Home Minister...

Twenty-two years on, this should be just another Friday. But the dark memories of that Friday are still fresh and spine-chilling. October 29, 1999, would remain an unforgettable day in...

I vividly remember an incident that occurred in Bhubaneswar a few years ago. My close friend along with her friend who was visiting from outside Odisha were travelling in a...

Like previous evenings, that evening too Subrat and his cousin repeated the ritual of one last chat under the electricity pole that stood a few feet into the mouth of...

His composure can be a nerve-wracking experience for fans and his emotionless face intimidating to rivals. He frustrates as much as he exhilarates. He can drive you mad at times....

My father Rajendra Narayan Das joined India Police Service (IPS) in 1955. That year he was the only person from Odisha to make it to any All India or Central...

Dalma, undeniably Odisha’s first cuisine branded food enterprise, is trailblazing. Megadiverse but grossly understated, Odisha’s cuisine suffered perennial anonymity. Dalma chain promoted by Deboo Patnaik, took up the cudgel and...

When we think of financially needy and desperate people, images of the poor and hungry, desperate for food, come to mind rather than of well educated and well-dressed individuals. Yet...

Thousands of women in India become pregnant every day. Many of them multiple times over their course of life. Several of them suffer from pregnancy and child birth-related complications. More...

Vivid memories of my brother, cousins and me lying near our dad on a hot mid-summer evening, listening to one of his many stories come alive like it was yesterday....