Odisha Introspective

India made a valiant attempt to establish its presence on the moon. We almost reached there, but failed. And that failure caused a national heartbreak. A sense of deep sorrow that grips you when you have what you cherish in your sights, and…

The remarks of outsiders on Odias can be unbearably patronising at times. Their nice words don't warm the cockles of your heart; they leave you fuming and cursing. Behind the words, you realise, there's sympathy and pity and that detestable…

Asmita. It is the luminescence within, that soft glow of self-belief and quiet assuredness about one's state of being. It is the unique descriptor which defines one for others. It is the marker of one's location in the vast world and the…