Old Editorial
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Another Raise: So Be It
Diesel, Cooking Gas and Kerosene have now become dearer. Petrol has undergone its share of price hikes and people have learnt to accept all these with equanimity. The increase this time cannot be termed as a…
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Choice is really ours
Wangari Maathai is a name most of us had never heard of till the lady won a Nobel. A citizen and also a former minister of Kenya in Africa, this woman has planted and nourished 10…
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Under Nourishment
Reports say more than 52 per cent of infants and children in the state of Orissa suffer from acute mal nourishment. That the reports are from reliable quarters is not doubted. What is worrisome is that…
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State Under Siege
As kids we learnt “Ba Ba Black Sheep…..”. It ain’t no kid stuff no more. Now its Ba Ba Ramdev. Not sure whether he is a Black Sheep. One thing that is clear is that all…
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Nuclear Not So New or Clear
In 2009 the UPA-1 government, in a very clear headed manner, had risked its existence just to pass the Nuclear Bill in Parliament. The voting for the Bill had created history in a sense that the…
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The tide has turned
Till last year the +2 streams in all private colleges had recorded awesome results. Monitored by the Council of Higher Secondary Education of Orissa, these educational institutions had, over the years, built up great infra structure…
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How much for me, how much for them
The question of how much for whom seems to be bothering every politician of India today. Why only politicians, it is the same botheration for bureaucrats, judges, industrialists, businessmen and even the media. It is a…
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Cheated
One of the worst feelings in life is that of getting cheated. It is said that when one cheats another, it is primarily possible because the victim had complete faith on the perpetrator. Thus, simply put,…
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Social Divide
The Union Cabinet, in a recent meet, has unanimously resolved to include caste and religion in the current Census data collection process. It is claimed that this step will pin point economically backward people even better.…
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Water Woes
Unknown to many city dwellers, the state of Orissa is currently reeling under a terrible water shortage. Opening a faucet means seeing a gush of fresh water flowing out. That may be true in some parts…
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Maybe 100, by year end
Gasoline prices have gone up, once again, by Rs.5. All those protests and dharnas of yesteryears have vanished. People in general, it seems, have resigned to their fate. Most of us have realized that screaming slogans…
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Money & Cadres Redundant
Election process in 5 states is over. Not only psephologists, the results teach all of us a lot. On one hand, from the South Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu and Kerala and in the East Assam and West…