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Defeat the Design
The abduction of two Italian tourists has turned the spotlight on Maoists in the State. For the first time they took two foreigners as hostage, probably knowing full that they would get a lot more mileage…
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Neither Cruel Nor Kind
Guess I am a bit confused today. So would anyone else be, if they scratched the surface and looked a little below the top at this Annual Indian Budget Drama. To speak brutally, India has never…
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Oh So ‘Sexy’
Somewhere in the country from Kanyakumari to Kashmir, some woman or the other is getting abused, groped, raped, maimed, even killed as this edit is being composed. The rapidity with which crimes are committed on women…
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Look who is fighting
Many Oriyas are truly surprised by recent media reports that claim the Orissa Police Officers’ Association has dared to threaten the State Government on the issue of ‘dethroning’ AK Champatiray, the dismissed Inspector of Police at…
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Peace Reigns
Maybe except West Papua and Indonesia, Kosovo and Ethiopia fighting for Ogaden, today the world, and civilized man, probably is witnessing a very peaceful period in its tumultuous history. If we look back chronologically, the Arab…
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Hunger Pangs
One out of every five people in this country is going to bed hungry. That adds up to a figure of 230 million, which is a humongous number for a country with a population of 1.2…
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Super Normal
The usually suave and reticent Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik seems to be in a belligerent mood. That he is not going to take everything dished out by the Centre lying down was clear from the…
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Scientific Temper
The 99th edition of the Indian Science Congress which opens Tuesday at Bhubaneswar will have participation from Who’s Who of Science & Technology, Agriculture and Allied Sciences including Medicine. Some of the best brains including 15,000…
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Only A Law
Lokpal is just another new law. Nothing more or nothing less. Let none be fooled that this single Bill, if and when passed by Parliament, would be the ultimate panacea to all evils related to a…
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Death Traps
The death of a child in a private hospital in Cuttack last week, unfortunate though it is, once again highlights the shoddy and callous manner in which medical treatment is offered to patients. The young boy…
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Cough Etiquette
Had never heard a phrase ‘Cough Etiquette’ till recently when 3 ladies came to meet and give me a presentation about the serious situation prevailing in our country due to Tuberculosis (TB). Working for an NGO,…
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Ticking Bomb
There have been widespread protests, roadblocks and hunger strikes in the Kudankulam area in Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu, since October against the proposed namesake nuclear power plant. People believe the effects of the plant on the…