By Sudhashree Dash It has been almost 10 years since I have been living in Dubai. In all these years, I have met a lot of Indians. I meet many …
Yes, this is my state, Odisha! Now the whole world will know my state Read More
By D.N. Singh Every year along the Odisha coast more than 10,000 olive ridley sea turtles dying unnatural deaths due to unchecked illegal fishing activities is a shocking reality. Olive …
Olive ridleys swim their way to extinction as authorities look the other way; history may not forgive us Read More
By Priya Ranjan Sahu Ending months of speculations, two senior leaders, Bijoy Mohapatra and Dilip Ray, with their own strong political bases in coastal and western Odisha respectively, quit the …
Veteran leaders Bijoy Mohapatra and Dilip Ray will be assets for the BJD or Congress Read More
Samikhsya Bureau The entire episode surrounding the alleged sexual harassment and conversions, which were reportedly carried on at a shelter home in Beltikiri in Dhenkanal district by Good News India …
Beltikiri shame, Odisha government has no leeway to sidestep responsibility Read More
Samikhsya Bureau Trans fats may help increase the shelf life of food items but evidence shows they are like slow poison for human beings. According to studies, over five lakh …
Campaigns to eliminate trans fats that are killing people in India by thousands Read More
By DN Singh For a while it appeared that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has suddenly discovered, how, through political exigency, a loyal devotee can be made out of an …
Role reversal by an officer and the soap opera that ensued to camouflage the bottom reality Read More
Samikhsya Bureau By June 8 last year, much before diamond marchants Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi fled the country after defrauding a public sector bank of thousands of crores of …
IT department red-flagged Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi six months before they fled, but did not share it with other Read More
The malady of mental fixation over girl child knows no boundaries. When Nargis Taraki became the fifth girl born to her parents in Afghanistan, her parents were told they should …
‘My parents were told to swap me for a boy’ Read More
By D.N. Singh – The protracted brawl between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the disgruntled duo Bijay Mohapatra and Dillip Ray has at last reached the point of culmination. Both …
Bijay Mohapatra in readiness to join BJD, and BJP must learn to accept dissent Read More
By Litali Das – In a historic move, the Odisha Assembly unanimously passed a resolution for 33% reservation of assembly and Parliament seats for women. As per procedure, a request …
Why it makes a lot of sense to reserve seats for women in assemblies and Parliament Read More