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Odisha's Nirabhayas suffer while Naveen Govt slumbers
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
By Dr.Sasmit Patra
In early April this year, an alleged gang-rape of an Odia woman in Delhi shook the Odisha Assembly. Promptly, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik directed the DGP Prakash Mishra to follow up with his Delhi counterparts in his matter. The ruling...
Nitish Kumar Follows Naveen Pattnaik
Monday, June 17, 2013
By Dr.Sasmit Patra
The crowning of Gujarat Chief Minister and BJP’s Hindutva poster-boy Narendra Modi as chief of the BJP’s electoral preparation committee for the 2014 Indian general elections has led to substantial political upheaval in ...
Window Seat | Mrinal Chatterjee
Saturday, June 15, 2013
Happy Raja
These days one can know about the arrival of any festival, much before it begins from two sources: market and social media. As the Raja festival arrives, the social media is full w...
Western Odia Slanted by Sambalpuri-Koshali Fame
Sunday, June 09, 2013
By Dr. Digambara Patra
Recent initiative by Sambalpur University to recognize Sambalpuri-Koshli language as per 8th schedule of the constitution has brought controversies due to terminology rather than recognition of language/dialect itself. It can be always contested f...
A Deceiving Sex Ratio in Odisha
Friday, June 07, 2013
By Jitendra Rath, Bhubaneswar: As per the recently released Primary Census Abstract-2011, the sex ratio of Odisha has gone up to 978 in comparison to 972 in 2001.
While releasing the report in last week of May, our Chief Minister mention...
Window Seat | Mrinal Chatterjee | 2 June 2013
Sunday, June 02, 2013
Waiting for Rain
In India we mostly depend on rain for agriculture. Therefore arrival of monsoon is cause for celebration for us across the country. Every region has a festival associated with the arrival of monsoon. In northern and western India, Teej celebrates the arrival ...
Window Seat | Mrinal Chatterjee
Saturday, May 25, 2013
Waiting for rain
Sizzling in unprecedented heat, whole of India is waiting for rain, praying for fast arrival of monsoon. It should hit Kerala by June 3, a good one week away as I write this column sitting at the slopes of Paniohala hill in Dhenkanal. It is said that Paniohal...
A Policy for Children
Thursday, May 23, 2013
By Jitendra Rath
On 26th April this year, the nation has adopted a restructured policy for its children who are around forty percent of our population. Though came late, it is a move taken by the government of India underlining the emerging issues of c...
Window Seat | Mrinal Chatterjee
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Toilet Tale
My sister and her son had to catch a bus to Baripada. As there are few direct buses from Dhenkanal to Baripada- I took them to Manguli Chhaka, where they could board Cuttack-Baripada bus. We had to wait for about half an hour there. There were many persons like us...
Fishing profession fast waning in Odisha
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Report by Pradeep Baisakh, Bhubaneswar: “Before ten years a single venture into the sea would deliver variety of fishes in large quantities. And there were seasonality in availability of different types of fishes. But now the quantity and variety have gone down drastically.&rdquo...
Mother's love: Epitome of all feelings
Sunday, May 12, 2013
By Dr. Subhashree Das
“God couldn’t be present everywhere, so He made mothers”. This Jewish saying beautifully describes the role of mothers in our lives.One relationship which is always with us; is the relation that we share with our mothers. Unlike fatherh...
Window Seat | Mrinal Chatterjee
Thursday, May 09, 2013
Rule of Law be damned
Recently I had been to Puri. Whenever I go to Puri, I make it a point to go to Shreemandira for a darshan of the Lord.
Inside the temple premises one can witness one interesting phenomenon- which could be the symbol o...
Religious structures on public land
Thursday, May 09, 2013
By Janakish Badapanda
Unauthorised temples, shrines and structures of religious importance are coming up in huge numbers in all over the country. These structures are mostly being constructed on encroached public land, even on waysides. Once these structures start getting soc...
Window Seat | Mrinal Chatterjee
Friday, May 03, 2013
Freedom of the Press: 'When it is safe to speak, the whole world benefits'
May 3 is observed as World Press Freedom Day since 1993. This year the theme is “Safe to Speak: Securing Freedom of Expression in All Media”. It highlights the need for action to upholding ...
Window Seat | Mrinal Chatterjee
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Love Marriage Zindavad Party of India
India has 7 National Party, 50 odd Regional Party and over 1091 registered political party. Here comes another Party, which calls itself PVMG-LMZPI (quite a mouthful). You might have guessed the latter half of the acronym, yes, LMZPI is L...
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