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In July, 1985, I was posted to Dhenkanal division for my range training and division attachment. On the very first day of joining, I called on the district Collector  Priyabrat...

Australia has a population of 2.54 crore, but prides itself of a huge sporting culture. In the just-concluded Olympic Games in Tokyo, athletes from Down Under took home 46 medals,...

I was struggling to decide on a flavour of ice cream “Dulce De Leche”, which although sounded exotic gave me no idea of its content. A friend told me Dulce...

I came across an article recently where a middle-aged woman in the UK struggling with low moods, insomnia, night sweats, brain fog and terrible anxiety shares how she ended up...

Navroz or the Parsi New Year is celebrated on the first day of the first month of Farvardin in the Zoroastrian calendar. Navroz is derived from the two Persian words...

Do(e) Re Me Fa(r) So La Ti.... Every time Subrat thought about the cult song from The Sound of Music, he stopped short at ‘So’. “How does ‘a needle pulling...

The 75th Independence Day yesterday was a momentous occasion, but the momentum was slightly missing for such an occasion because of the COVID pandemic. On this occasion, I would like...

“Kadam kadam badhai ja Khusi ke geet gaye ja Ye zindagi hai kaum ki Tu kaum pe lutaye ja” These were the lines that inspired millions of people during India’s...

As India celebrates its 75th Independence Day, close by in Afghanistan, the Taliban are poised to retake control of the country. And in all probability, they will portray it as...

It was sometime in 1976. I was then working as Managing Director of the Tribal Development Cooperative Corporation (TDCC). In this assignment, I used to travel extensively in the tribal...