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An open letter to women fighting the casting couch battle
Odisha Sun Times Bureau
Bhubaneswar, Aug 5:
Ladies,
Bravo! You are the courageous lot that camera-conscious-cannot-take-a-selfie novices are in awe of. People, who do not know how to pout or pose, cannot admire you enough for having…
Naveen Babu kill me instead…
By Suparno Satpathy*
Malapanga forest under Tumudibandha police limits in Kandhamal district of Odisha, around 12 people of Gungudmaha village were returning to their village in a van at around 9.30 pm on 8.7.16 after collecting their…
Mahatma Gandhi: The ‘Bapu’ who inspired the world
Arun Kumar Sahu*
As I sat down with my children and a long-awaited Thai-green-curry-with-shrimp lunch at the food court of Saint Laurent Boulevard in Ottawa, my elbow brushed with a gentleman's sitting with his son at an adjacent table.…
Casting couch: Who has the advantage and who is exploited?
Swaraj Mishra*
Our housemaid the other day made an unusual request. "Will you please stop all these discussions on 'casting couch' on your television channel?". Since I work for a media house, she has assumed that I can stop such…
A Canadian Driver’s License
Arun Kumar Sahu*
“How long will it take?” I asked.
“That depends, Sir.” Was the answer.
“Meaning?”
“Well, it’ll actually depend on whether you’ve got high blood pressure or a cardiac problem or even eyesight issues,” officers…
LPG subsidy: Make choice opting in, not opting out
By Nihit Goyal*
It was believed that Finance Minister Arun Jaitley would withdraw the LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) subsidy for those who fall in the 30-percent tax bracket. However, this budget included no such measure. Thereafter,…
Private cord blood banks are fooling the public, say doctors
By K.S. Jayaraman*
Cord blood banking (CBB) with dubious benefits has become a money-making scam in India and needs tighter control to protect gullible parents from being exploited, top medical researchers say.
Blood collected…
A Wishlist For Odisha 2020 on Utkal Divas
By Charudutta Panigrahi
I hail from Odisha and I love my state. Almost at the cost of sounding jingoistic I realize the value of my state, my people, their soft skills, their devotedness, their simplicity and above all their innocence.…
What Ails the Mineral Industry in Odisha?
By Prof. Dr. PK Jena
Odisha is among the leading states of India when it comes to possession of natural resources. The state has a large share of almost all major mineral resources of the country. Important minerals like coal, iron ore,…
Scale of AAP victory too much for friend and foe
By Saeed Naqvi*
The stunning victory of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on February 10 in Delhi coincided with the global liberal order in disarray.
Far left Syriza had come to power in Greece. Southern Europe was likewise threatened.…