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Bhubaneswar: Odisha takes pride in being one of the few states whose language has been accorded the classical status. The culturally-rich state has earned the distinction with its relentless efforts and do not tolerate any attempt to…

- Anil Dhir In a small village of Manipur, one last veteran of Netaji’s Indian National Army (INA) still lovingly cherishes the first flag that was unfurled in Indian territory. It was not the tricolour, but the INA Flag that was flown…

By Somrita Ghosh New Delhi:  Five years after 23-year-old Nirbhaya was brutally raped and murdered by five men on December 16, earning Delhi an epithet of "rape capital" of India, has the national capital become any safer for women?…

By Saeed Naqvi "Padmavati", in a sense, is a neighbourhood story. My village, Mustafabad, happens to be in Rae Bareli, which embraces numerous Chishtiya Sufi shrines or places where the saints spent some time, including Khwaja Ashraf…

Bhubaneswar: Jewellery brand Tanishq has got it all wrong with regard to Odia (not Oriya) bride in its wedding collection sub-brand, 'Rivaah' launched earlier this year. Failing to make a distinction between Odia and Bengali brides, this…

Bhubaneswar: A barrage of social media banters which gained steam with the Chennai-based Geographical Indication Registry awarding its decision in favour of ‘Banglar Rasogolla’ two days ago, the tug of war involving Odisha and West Bengal…

Bhubaneswar: It's mid-week and we are all at work but the weather in our city seems to have some other plan! Winter has brought along its distant cousin, rain and we are stuck in wishful thinking of holidays. But, where there is a will,…

By Aparajita Gupta New Delhi: When Raghuram Rajan, former governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), cautioned the government against demonetisation, saying short-term economic costs would outweigh long-term benefits, he was not trying…

By Anil Dhir* The case of Jaga and Kalia and the separation operation bears a stark reality to another case from Odisha which happened in 1902 in France. A pair of conjoined twins from Odisha, named Radhika and Doodica were operated upon…

– A hopeful survivor April 2007. I had finished my XIIth Board exams and was trying to figure out my career move post the results. I had topped in my state with the proverbial halo around my head, that follows the declaration of results,…