Odia

New Delhi: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu celebrated the International Mother Language Day on Sunday in a unique manner by tweeting in Odia along with 21 other Indian languages and English. Besides, Naidu also wrote articles in 24…

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…

Bhubaneswar: The Centre has directed the National Testing Agency (NTA) to prepare the questions for the JEE Main examinations in eight regional languages including Odia. It will be implemented from 2021. The decision will immensely help…

Bhubaneswar: Bilingual actress Sreela Tripathy is busy shuttling between Bhubaneswar and Kolkata these days, shooting simultaneously for both Odia and Bengali movies. Sreela will be seen in the Odia movie, ‘From Me To U’, which will be…

If you think the iconic Dalma or the popular Santula is something you will find in every Odia kitchen, then you could be wrong. Traditionally, these two dishes aren’t even cooked in western Odisha and many houses are still unfamiliar with…

Come Durga Puja and Odias living abroad go all nostalgic, missing the celebrations, family gatherings and feasts back home. So it’s with Odias living in Seattle, US. Separated by the long distance from their motherland in Odisha, these…

A dramatic story teller without frills, only Akshaya Mohanty, the maverick can open his story with these lines, “ଯିଏ ଭୁଲିଯାଏ ସେ ସେମିକା, ଯିଏ ଭୁସଲନା ସେ ସେମିକାର ୋନ ଭଉଣୀ”. His openness excited conservative Odia society since the 60’s. He…

Google is likely to add Odia and two other Indian languages to Google Search in a bid to reach even more users in India. Google made the announcement during its Google for India event on Thursday. The three new entries will join the nine…

Bhubaneswar: Eminent Odia economist Prof Ajit Mishra has been appointed as the director of the Institute of Economic Growth (IEG), New Delhi. Prior to joining the Institute, Mishra had taught at the University of Bath, UK;  University of…

New Delhi: Odia-speaking candidates preparing for the upcoming banking recruitment exams have reasons to cheer. The Centre on Thursday announced holding the tests in Odia and 12 other regional languages, besides English and Hindi, from this…