Opinion

Genius director, editor and writer Hrishikesh Mukherjee gave us many memorable films. He directed 42 movies in his illustrious career. My top Hrishi-da movies are Satyakam, Chupke Chupke,…

A few years ago, I was watching an Odisha-Mumbai Ranji Trophy match at the Wankhede stadium. Thanks to my friends Debasis Mohanty and Subhashish Bhuyan, who were the coach and manager of the…

The Odisha government's decision to press ahead with its move for a legislative council has been greeted with cynicism in certain quarters, particularly the political opposition.…

Ages before the fashion industry learnt to define the ideal man and the perfect woman in terms of size and shape and invented models as a subtle weapon of snobbery, we Odias had mastered the…

Amol Muzumdar was waiting and waiting with pads on while schoolboys Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli stitched on their memorable partnership. Amol is universally accepted as the best…

These could be the last embers of the warmth of a joint family, a large gathering of siblings, of relatives, of children, of teenagers all hooked on to some thread of a common family…

The open site of the Bada Akhada Mutt is a welcome sight for the sore eyes of those who support the Mutt demolitions being done in Puri. As promised, the small temple, the Gadi of the…

Come September 30, 2019, Novak Djokovic will surpass Ivan Lendl to begin his 271st week as the World No. One in Tennis. Novak, however, will be placed 3rd in the all-time list of the best in…

A country with a single Constitution, a single flag and a single language definitely gives the impression of strength and unity. Look at these countries and the language a majority of its…

Pakistan is being left with hardly any effective option to deal with the Kashmir issue in face of a resurgent rightist hardline Hindu majoritarian India. With a strong Narendra Modi at…