MY TAKE

By Suparno Satpathy* 'Award Wapasi' the recent day phenomenon of awards being returned by eminent personalities in protest of growing intolerance in the nation is an individual choice. I feel everyone has the right to protest till the time…

By Mohuya Chaudhuri* Farmer suicides are endemic in India. How many more lives need to be taken before the government wakes up to address their plight? Farmer suicides in India are showing no signs of reducing. Every year,…

By Suparno Satpathy* A mature politician, former Union Steel Minister of India and the Chief Minister of Odisha for more than 15 consecutive years – all this cannot be  taken away from Shri Naveen Patnaik. However, a tweet from him on a…

*By Panchami Manoo Ukil Day before yesterday at night, as I was walking Perry, my pup, a cracker went off somewhere outside. The little one scampered in as fast as he could and hid under a table refusing to come out. As I pulled him out…

*Ria Pati There can never only be 7, so here comes a part 2 for you guys. Q1. Wait you’re from Odisha? Can’t be, you’re KIDDING right?  A. Why would I kid about my place of birth… Is there a new joke I don’t know about? Q2. …

By Suparno Satpathy* Though this is year 2015 but in Odisha ( not Orissa) it seems we are back in the year 1915. No this is not a plot out of the Michel J Fox blockbuster movie series ‘Back to the Future’. Should you pick one of the…

By Dilip Ray* Lack of diversification of agricultural activities and an irregular cropping pattern has acted to the detriment of the interests of the farmers in the state. Over-reliance on crops like paddy has exposed farmers to undue…

By Saurjya Kanta Padhi* Many eminent persons have spoken in favour of the judgment and many have spoken against the judgment in the NJAC case delivered on 16.10.2015. Those who speak against the judgment, which happens to be the…

Sib Kumar Das* A few days ago, Agriculture Minister of Odisha Pradip Maharathi used the Target Rating Point (TRP) crutch to attack the credibility of Odia news channels. His aim was to dilute the issue of continuing distress suicides of…

Sachi Satapathy & Sujit K Pruseth* The noted agricultural scientist M S Swaminathan made a stimulating observation about the farmers; ‘please don’t make any experiment on farmers because they are poor’. Regrettably, there have been…