Tribute

The picture of Odisha’s only Ashok Chakra recipient, Assistant Commandant Pramod Kumar Satpathy, of the Special Operations Group (SOG) is missing from…

Dubai: For the first time ever, the great revolutionary and freedom fighter Veer Surendra Sai’s Birth Anniversary was celebrated outside India. An expatriate group GOOD (Global Odias for…

A dramatic story teller without frills, only Akshaya Mohanty, the maverick can open his story with these lines, “ଯିଏ ଭୁଲିଯାଏ ସେ ସେମିକା, ଯିଏ ଭୁସଲନା ସେ ସେମିକାର ୋନ ଭଉଣୀ”. His openness excited…

Till the late 1990s, they were regularly seen at the market in Choudwar. The locals took them to be Gurkhas of the Odisha Special Armed Police, often deployed at the outer periphery of the…

Meandering river Blue waves slithering, Lissome maiden, Nimble-footed on the stone Lighting every creek, With her coy outpour On life’s gondola Through the curvy path Meandering…

When was the last when you met a freedom fighter, a business tycoon, an innovator, a dashing pilot, a science aficionado, a true philanthropist, a visionary and a politician who was a…

When he was a high school student in Rayagada, Harishchandra Buxipatra gathered his friends and performed 'shuddhi kriya' (rituals observed on death of near and dear ones which includes…

Tom Alter – the person and the personality – who could have missed the sheer presence of the man on screen. A tall thin man, with British looks and speaking Queen's English yet fluent in…