Nov 17 2010
With Odisha High Court declaring land acquired for the Vedanta University, a Stanford-kind of university ‘illegal’, the Anil Agrawal Foundation’s mega project has virtually come to a standstill. The ruling has created mixed reactions both at the...
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Sep 26 2010
An aspirant doctor was disappeared two years ago, when 12-year old Ramesh left home shattering his dreams in Anugul to find a new family in the Maharshi Dayananda Balashram, near Dhenkanal-Cuttack National Highway, some 90 kilometers away from...
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Mar 10 2010
Let me start with a strong assertion that I am neither an anti-feminist writer, nor a campaigner of male chauvinism. I am among those ordinary people who admire achievement of our women folk and pitch for women empowerment. So, the much-hyped...
Mar 31 2009
It is a coincidence that Orissa is celebrating her 74 years of statehood just a few days before the Assembly and General elections. The time is a great reminder for our political leaders to realize and fulfill the dreams of our founding fathers, who...
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Mar 25 2009
There is always political consensus cutting across party politics when the national interest is at stake. This is the standard practiced by the developed countries. In India, political consensus is a rarity. And during election season, every leader is...
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Mar 23 2009
IRONY is that people always think journalists know everything and flood them with questions when any issue is in debate. And during elections, journalists are psephologists. This common perception often puts me in trouble. I escape very tactfully. I...
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Mar 11 2009
So, the 11-year old coalition between the Biju Janata Dal and the Bharatia Janata Party (BJP) ended with bitter notes from both the sides. The coalition, once regarded most powerful, unbreakable and undefeatable was eventually collapsed ahead of the...
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Feb 19 2009
I watched Shyam Benegal’s latest comedy movie ‘Welcome to Sajjanpur’. The movie is excellent. I enjoyed it from my heart. In the last part of the movie, Vindya (Divya Dutta) is chased by the entire village when she strongly protests her marriage...
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Feb 2 2009
The wind of change is blowing across the state politics. As widely speculated, the state Congress has gone for a major reshuffling before the electoral war. Undoubtedly, the change of guard is aimed at strengthening the grand old political party in...
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Jan 30 2009
If television was to become the key to enlightenment for the next generation, that generation I am sorry to say would be quite dumb. The idiot box synonym for television seems truer than ever before and news channels in India symbolize this the...
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