Where Has Odia Humour Gone!
Humour and a bit of cheekiness were always part of public life in Odisha. At a meeting of the Utkal Sammilani in the early days, Lingaraj Panigrahi had once addressed the gathering as “ତମେ…
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Now, Ram Mandir Is Modi’s Real Test
Prime Minister Modi’s first big test in handling contentious issues will be to resolve the Ram Mandir conundrum to the satisfaction of all, or, as he loves to say, with 'Sabka saath, sabka…
Goodbye Coalition Politics, Welcome To The Era Of Uncertain Alignments
The BJP’s emphatic victory in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections throws the political field open for new alignments and possibilities. The pattern of old politics is set to change or get an…
Gandhis Control The Congress? Get Over That Myth!
The ongoing drama in the Congress after the drubbing in the general election busts several myths about the party. The most important of them is this: that the Gandhi family was in absolute…
Verdict 2019: Old Politics Stands Demolished; Modi’s New India Is Here
The resounding repeat mandate for Prime Minister Narendra Modi can safely be assumed to be a validation of the idea of India that survived as a steady yet understated counterweight to the…
I Meet My Bau Every Moment
I called my mother 'Bau'. Probably I am talking of the only person in this existence who had been my friend and my guide, in the true sense. Not clichéd on this one to write paeans about…