Old Editorial

As if it was not enough that the Indian public was made aware recently that Team Anna’s illustrious Ms. Kiran Bedi’s much touted NGO through which she supposedly does all her ‘social’ work regularly received generous…

There are two ways of looking at the problem of poverty. One is to delve deep into it, thoroughly studying the issues and sincerely and whole-heartedly doing all that is necessary to eradicate it. The other…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…