By Sandeep Chachra Deliberative policy-making is the cornerstone of democratic governance. The document, For Equality and Justice: A Peoples’ Agenda, aims to embody this maxim by bringing the need of …
A document that brings the voice of vulnerable communities into the discourse on development Read More
Samikhsya Bureau It was interesting and amusing as well to hear the saffron pinch-hitter Amit Shah, the national president of the Bharatiya Janata Party , dubbing the Biju Janata …
BJP has no moral to reduce BJD as a “chhota chhota” party Read More
By D.N. Singh Odisha’s once communally sensitive district Kandhamal goes to the polls in the second phase on April 18. Time has almost started ticking away as the three candidates …
Kandhamal, the big fight may come in handy for Achyut Samant of BJD Read More
Samikhsya Bureau It was interesting to watch leaders changing parties in the election season or shift in ideology in matter of seconds. But the Biju Janata Dal supremo Naveen Patnaik’s …
Naveen Patnaik distances from ‘equidistant’ posturing’, making the chemistry confusing Read More
By D.N. Singh General elections, described as the ‘largest festival of democracy’, appear to be an occasion in which there are a lot of pain for a majority and …
Why can’t the general elections be held in any normal climate instead in blistering summer! Read More
By D.N. Singh Will he or he will not ? This is the bigger poser that stares on the face of Prime Minister Narendra Modi . A question from Naveen …
Narendra Modi may answer to Naveen Patnaik’s query over BJP’s CM face in Odisha Read More
Samikhsya Bureau ‘Destination Odisha’ the buzz for tourism promotion can now well be pasted on the walls of Odisha that fast emerges to be a ‘political destination ‘ for the …
Destination Odisha, Modi on a mission mode to conquer Odisha while Naveen foresees end of road for the PM Read More
By Nirendra Dev From a key player in 2019 polls to the obvious fading star, Union home minister Rajnath Singh is all rolled into one. This uniqueness may not be …
Will Rajnath Singh ‘reinvent’ himself, or he will be another one in the pantheon of BJP’s fading stars? Read More
In the season of intense speculation that Priyanka Gandhi Vadra may contest from Varanasi and her husband Robert Vadra could join Congress formally, a new book says it was always …
Post ‘Rahul Gandhi failure’, Congress to bank on Priyanka, says a new book penned by right wing writer Read More
Samikhsya Bureau While speaking to a national news channel during the election campaign for the second phase, Odisha chief minister and Biju Janata Dal chief Naveen Patnaik said three important …
Naveen says Modi doesn’t deserve second chance as PM, prepares for kingmaker role at Centre Read More