National Safe Motherhood day: Let’s protect our expectant mothers

Who is the most venerated person in India? A mother right?“The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother,...

Meaning of New Year

There are two New Years. One is birthday. Another is January First of every year. One is personal, another is universal. Both are...

Under the aegis of Chal Dekhma Amar Kalahandi :Kalahandi @75

GAON MITA GET CONNECTED TO 75 VILLAGES Bhawanipatna, 24/03; In a bid to mark the 75th foundation Day of...

About two mothers

The mothers are Kunti and Gandhari. They lived in the world of Sarala Mahabharata. In Sarala Mahabharata, Kunti and...

Horse – The symbol of power

The Horse is a one toed hoofed mammal. It is usually a domesticated animal. The Horse has evolved over the past 45...

Phalguna Purnima

Phalguna Purnima is the last purnima of the year. All purnima days are important as it coincides with important festivals and Jayanti...

Thoughts on the International Mother Language Day: 2023

On this day, our thoughts must go to those young students in Bangladesh (then East Pakistan) who had fallen to the bullets...

Huma Mela

Huma mela is annual weeklong fair in the village Huma where the famous leaning temple of Lord Shiva Stands on the left...

Local Tales

One day our “Atirikta Sahitya (Supplementary Literature)” teacher told us the story of the river Yamuna. I was in Class Vi or...

Vani Jairam : An Inimitable melody of Odia movie music

Amid ’80s rustically slow ambience, as the dark clouds wandering randomly in the pervasive sky was heralding imminent rain, we were getting...

Matinee Idol

Matinee Idol is a term used mainly to describe a male film or theatre star who is good looking and therefore is...

Our“killer language” talk

It seems the expression ‘killer language” in coming up fairly conspicuously in endangered language scholars’ and language activists’ talk, formal and informal,...

Saraswati Puja

 Saraswati is the Goddess of learning. So preferably the students worship Goddess Saraswati on the Basanta Panchami Day i.e. the fifth day...

The Speaking Mynah

The mynah is a bird of the Starling family (Sturnidae). This is a group of passerine birds native to Asia, especially India,...

FIFA WORLD CUP 2022: notes from the margins

Big things are talked about when they happen and will continue to be talked about for years and years thereafter. Small things...

Who Are the Aryans?

Introduction: India has been a homeland of many foreigners from the very early times. People from different regions have...

Communication by Drumbeating.

India is a land of indigenous tradition and culture. And it has much intrinsic merit. The Pragmatism is linked with aesthetic sense....

Dharma or Adharma?

On the battlefield of Kurukshetra, ready to fight, the Pandava and the Kaurava armies were standing face to face, waiting for orders...

And now to the World Cup Football

Football is the most Popular game in world. It is the most beautiful game also. It is a life...

Kartika Purnima

A reminder of Maritime Trade of Kalinga Kartika Purnima is a Hindu Sikh and Jain Cultural Festival Celebrated on...

On a new term of greeting in Odia

My English (Honours) batch mate and close friend of sixty years, who said he had read my piece on “ji”, asked me...