Old Editorial
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Holidays
Orissa is a state that seems to love staying away from work. If one looks at close range, the number of holidays in the second half of each year just keeps multiplying. Start from August 15,…
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Learned Nothing
Parliament Members thumped the desk in front of them when Pranab Mukerjee, with folded hands, asked the Speaker of the Lok Sabha Ms Meira Kumar to pass on the ‘mood’ of the House along with the…
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General Story
This is another side to the national character. A story that, in some ways, has not been a complete surprise though different. With all that the country has been reading about or watching lately, the Army…
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Orissa For Oriyas
Most Oriyas today would not even be aware that the Bengali poet, Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) had once, in 1938, proposed to some prominent Oriyas that this race should adopt Bengali as the script for its language.…
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Come to think of it
Life is so very busy these days that one fails to see the very obvious in day to day affairs. Many complain things are not going in their favor. Others in larger numbers, however, are a…
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Break Fast
With the Breakfast of Anna Hazare being made into a great big media event Sunday morning, the thinking crowd of India must have sat back and wondered what the past few weeks of flurried activities really…
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Dengue Scare
The whole State of Orissa is concerned and a bit worried about this current epidemic called ‘Dengue’ fever. Now, this is not an unknown disease. Dengue has been playing havoc for at least a decade or…
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Death Does Part
A vow taken during marriages says that the couple shall stick together till death does them apart. This thought does not apply to many in India. Nothing about marriages, it is simply a matter of death.…
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Cagey CAG
The recent spate of corruption exposés has shattered everyone’s faith in the people who govern us. Indians now have started feeling as if there is no respite from these murky deals. Politicians are the worst sufferers…
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City Life
Everyone loves a good life. Hard days’ work. Come back to a delightfully comfortable home. Go out to a glittering night ablaze with neon lights and blaring music. Bar hopping or dining out. Movies. Theatre. Concerts.…
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‘High’ Time
Intoxication has been a historical problem. In known history, the British had waged a long battle that was termed the ‘Opium Wars’. The idea was to subjugate a huge nation like China through the use of…
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Spare None
The Allahabad High Court has marked a High Tide Line in the current land grab scene of India by spelling out a ruling concerning farmers’ land being taken over by the UP State Government. Strongly worded,…