Odia girl Shelvi Mishra joined the Air Asia as a commercial pilot in Bengaluru. After completing Aviation course, She took flying training in Texas in the US. Later, she too underwent training in Philippines. Shelvi is daughter of Dr Bipin…


A beautiful article describing all the links in mythology and differnet parts of world of this Odisha special Raja Parba celebration for 3 days. ରଜପର୍ବ ଚାରି ଦିନ ଧରି ପାଳନ କରାଯାଏ । ରଜର ପୂର୍ବ ଦିନକୁ ମାସନ୍ତ ବା ସଜବାଜ ଓ ପ୍ରଥମ…

Months after social media erupted in rage over Sabarimala temple’s long-held tradition of barring women of menstruating age for being ‘impure’, Odisha is celebrating the biological cycle that many consider taboo by Raja Parba. Wednesday was the second day of the…

FABRIQ, a brand new line of modern handbags made with authentic hand woven textiles from eastern India, is currently live on Kickstarter and raising funds to bring the project to life. FABRIQ founder – Mitali Pattnaik and creative director –…

The month of June is regarded as the beginning of summer in USA, whereas in Odisha it marks the beginning of the end of the blistering summer season. Raja Sankranti, a prevalen, popular festival pertaining to Odisha, especially in its…

At least 33 students from the DAV Public School, Chandrasekharpur have qualified in the second round in JEE Advanced. Out of the 10,575 seats meant for IITs, five students of the school are within 1,000 rank, 12 students are within…

Times of India Writes : The first batch of Odisha’s Super 30, bright but underprivileged students imparted free tutorial for cracking IIT entrance, have recorded an impressive performance in JEE (Advanced), the result of which was published on Sunday. Twenty…

Banaste Dakila Gaja Barasake thare asichi Raja Asichi Raja lo heba nua saja bajja…… In ancient days most of the celebrations were agriculture centric. The basic characters of these festivals were mostly related to various agricultural operations. Raja Parba is…

Here is a nice article on 11 things that Make Raja Parba special in Odisha ରଜ ମୁଖ୍ୟତଃ ୩ଦିନ ପାଳିତ ହେବା ସହ ପ୍ରଥମ ରଜର ପୂର୍ବ ଦିନ ଓ ଶେଷ ରଜର ପର ଦିନ ମଧ୍ୟ ଏହି ପର୍ବ ପାଳିତ ହୋଇଥାଏ । ଶରୀର ପାଇଁ ବିଶ୍ଵାମ ଆଉ…