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Corona Diaries 35: Into The Future With Stars, Planets & Experts
In the beginning, there was the disease. Anyone who bothered to follow its progress knew it was going to be big, of global proportion, in terms of spread, lives claimed and scale of economic…
Bhubaneswar’s Priyanka Swain Wins Lockdown Recipes Cookery Contest, To Get…
Bhubaneswar: The wait is over. Priyanka Swain has been adjudged winner of Lockdown Recipes, a first-of-its-kind cookery contest organised by Odisha's leading 24x7 news websites…
Corona Diaries 34: Of Men, Parenting & Gender Roles
"Certain species of animals eat their young. Some abandon them as soon as they are born," the friend said with a sardonic smile, "Now I understand why." Known for his wry sense of humour, he…
Odisha Bytes & Odisha Sambad’s Corona Creativity Contest Last Date Extended
Bhubaneswar: The last date to submit videos for Corona Creativity, a unique talent contest organised by leading news websites www.odishabytes.com and www.odishasambad.in, has been extended…
Corona Diaries 33: Jobs In Peril, It’s Time To Downgrade Lifestyle, Reimagine…
Money moves our world. It may or may not buy us happiness, but for all other things of import in our lives it is critical. The earlier column mentioned in passing the possible impact of the…
World Environment: India’s Concern And Contribution
As deliberated in part one of the series, India’s inter-relationship with environment and Nature goes back to the Vedic ages. The progress of India on this front has been timely and fast.…
Corona Diaries 32: End Of Happy Days For The Professional Class; Dark Tunnel Ahead
Shed a tear for the professional class. No brainstorming over economic revival after the pandemic shock appears to have it in the picture. Not many pundits and politicians are talking about…
‘Mafi’, Can Humanity Ever Seek Forgiveness?
“I will give you a handful of humanity
In return of the joy
To see a humane world”
- Moumita de Roy
Is being abjectly inhuman the new norm? Is the disease of inhumanity…
CORONA DIARIES 31: No Holding Back The Creative Drive; Critics Can Wait
The chief enemy of creativity is good sense, said Pablo Picasso, the Spanish painter and pioneer of cubism. It is heartening to note that most friends have abandoned good sense to…
Corona Diaries 30: Between Lockdown & Unlocking Some Unsettling Questions
India is unlocking. This is when COVID-19 cases are on the threshold of two lakh, the seventh maximum in the world. And experts say we are still nowhere near the peak; it is still about a…