OB Special

Languishing on the sidelines for four decades, Indian hockey  turned a new leaf in the Tokyo Olympics. Though the team failed to qualify for the final of the men’s championship...

Rourkela: While the central government's decision on the second AIIMS in Sundargarh is still awaited, initiation of the process for establishing a medical college by the Odisha government on the...

Hirakud Dam, one of India’s 'modern temples', came up across the Mahanadi river in undivided Sambalpur district in the 1950s. The dam ushered in a boom in agriculture, especially paddy...

A few years back, I was attending a gender sensitisation workshop in Bhubaneswar being organised for field-level implementors of women and child development programmes. While explaining established gender norms, one...

On a lazy Sunday morning, as I was browsing through my news feed an article about the global giant Amazon apologising caught my eye. Curiosity piqued, I clicked on the link. Apparently, a...

I think it was around 20 years back that a distant relative of ours from Andhra Pradesh paid us a visit in the hope of securing a job in Bhubaneswar....

When I was in Hyderabad during one of my culinary research tours, I came across a version of Hyderbadi biryani called Sofiana/i biryani, which stands out with its subtle richness...

When you said on the floor of the House that  surveillance through Pegasus is not possible because of checks and balances, it looked like a naive understanding of the system....

For some strange reason, growing old and being spiritual is considered synonymous in our society. Being otherwise is almost a crime. ‘Old and spiritual’ is acceptable but ‘old and unspiritual...

The Tokyo Olympics has already seen some stellar performances. From Friday, July 30, however, the focus will shift to the Olympic Stadium where track and field events get underway. The...