By Nalini Ranjan Mohanty Will Balakot strike succeed in neutralising the deepening distress in rural India and give thumbs up to the Bharatiya Janata Party in the next general election? …
Has national security trumped bread and butter issues like deepening rural distress? May 23 will give answer Read More
Samikhsya Bureau If one goes by the blow by blow accounts of Damidar Rout had aimed at the ruling party in the state and his few unhealthy swipes at Naveen …
Damadar neither loses anything from BJD nor can gain much from BJP, he knows Read More
By Suresh Nautiyal Does mythology have to do anything with the day-to-day life in China and Japan? The answer is in the negative, if you agree with Pradeep Nigam ‘Aalim’, …
Art helps people understand each other, says cultural activist turned novelist Pradeep Nigam ‘Aalim’ Read More
Samikhsya Bureau If one’s memory serves right then it is unprecedented that days before the general election the Prime Minister of the country goes viral through the social media with …
Series tweets from Modi might play specific bagpiper role for voters! Was it necessary? Read More
Samikhsya Bureau There is no second opinion that today’s politics thrives on hypocrisy, lies and double-standard. Role reversals here are faster than the click of a mouse yet politicians never …
Lets not blame the media in Odisha, blame the ones who run them and how Read More
Samikhsya Bureau Delhi based political analysts constantly keep hammering at one point that in the context of Odisha, a few exits from the Biju Janata Dal is going to upset …
Modi’s ‘Do or Die’ battle essentially lies in Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Odisha Read More
Samikhsya Bureau The timing that Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik chose to play to the gallery over the 33 percent reservation for women in Lok Sabha elections has indeed caught …
Naveen Patnaik’s unbeatable 33 takes steam out of opposition camp Read More
By Nalini Ranjan Mohanty When N. Ram, editor of The Hindu, was relentlessly exposing the Bofors scam with facts, figures and documents in the late 1980s, he had virtually sent …
The roles of Congress and BJP have changed, but N. Ram, still a true journalist, has remained unchanged Read More
By Ridhi Suri On October 7, 2006, Russian journalist, writer and human rights activist — Anna Politkovskaya — was shot dead in the elevator of her apartment. The 48-year-old investigative …
Journalists are murdered across the world for speaking out against or probing the ruling classes Read More
Samikhsya Bureau As the air grows to be hot and humid and the climate across the border emit a kind of fear-mongering feel, back home, the private television channels try …
Elections are not fought among the political parties but between the television moderators and guests Read More