The Deserted Village: Why Did Goldsmith’s Beautiful Village Disappear?
The Deserted Village is a poem by the English poet Oliver Goldsmith, published in 1770. It is a social comment on the depopulation of...
What Life in Colonial Odisha Was Really Like: Ghosts, Superstition, Caste and Victorian Morality
The past is always fascinating, in particular, the knowable past. Kalinga in the time of Ashoka or Kharavela is, generally speaking, less attractive than...
Urban Floods in Sambalpur: The Real Reasons Nobody Talks About
It is said in Odia, "Jala bihune srushti nasha, jala bahule srushti nasha," meaning both scarcity and abundance of water destroy things.
I have been...
Ratha Yatra 2026 Conducted Smoothly Despite Inclement Weather
The world-famous Ratha Yatra 2026 of Mahaprabhu Shree Jagannath, Mahaprabhu Balabhadra, Devi Subhadra, and Chakraraj Sudarshana was celebrated today in Puri with immense religious...
Prithviraj Kapoor: The Fatherly Legend of Hindi Cinema
Prithviraj Kapoor was an Indian actor who was one of the founding fathers of Hindi cinema. He established the Prithvi Theatre in 1944 in...
