OB Special

"Blame it on the pale blue aerogramme," Subrat said as he readied to board the Aeroflot flight to London at Calcutta. He was not alone. With him were his wife...

He who was close to us From far off seemed to have come To our uncanny homeland, Only a searching for traces With a divining rod of words That quivered...

A good number in India is aware of the Third Floor (TF) in Odisha. Specifically in business and policy circles. Never before in public governance has a floor of a...

It is your story. My story. Our Story. We have often resorted to the comfort, succour, hope, nostalgia, and pleasure that music evokes. Not as music artists and singers. Or...

Global warming due to climate change is the single-most important issue, which is threatening the very existence of humankind. In the beginning, with due apology to the experts, I wish...

If only he had read the signs, if only he had made that telephone call that night, things might have turned out differently. But he had failed to read the...

Like every year, Indian Air Force (IAF) Day was celebrated in style at Hindan air force station in Ghaziabad, near New Delhi, on October 8. We live in Ghaziabad, where...

Bhubaneswar: Chandan Kumar Bhanja never wanted to go to China. And, now he has been in Beijing for more than six years and doesn’t know when he can go back...

I first came across a small snippet of the Marie Kondo show, Tidying Up With Marie Kondo, a while ago, on Netflix. It was amazing and impressive to watch her...

It is astonishing how a little colour makes all the difference. Transforming you into a grandmother from a mother. Or to an elder sister from a mother. Well, to clear...