The news of violence back home during the Student Union elections, including kniving and bomb throwing, did not surprise me. It seems students now a days are more proficient in building bombs, rather than career. I happened to be an…
A nice citizen blog on Akshaya Mohanty from a NRO
Today is the Birthday of the legendary Odia singer Akshaya Mohanty. Like Kishore Kumar, he was a virtuoso, a multifaceted artist. Though more famous as a versatile singer, the lyricist in him penned many songs. The all rounder in him…
A nice discussion on Tendency of many Odias to talk in Hindi or English these days
Sambeet Dash Writes : The other day in a Facebook group, couple of Odias were chatting in Hindi. “YEH PHOTO DIKHAI NAHI DETA”, said one Ms. Pati. ” ZOOM KARKE DEKHO, AAPKO SAHI DIKHAI DEGA”, responded Mr. Mohanty. Unable to…
What was it like to watch a Cricket Match in Barabati Stadium in 80’s – by Sambeet Dash
Barabati Satdium, Cuttack is in the news for wrong reasons, but it brings back nostalgic memories from past. In 1979, as a 10 year old cricket fan, I was watching a match between the touring Australian team and India at…
Awesome Doodle Art on occasion of Ganesh Puja by Salvwi Prasad
Why Odisha Tourism should adopt Look East policy to increase international tourists
Sameer Kumar Das writes in HospitalityBizIndia: Odisha has always enthralled its lover with its eternal mystical charm, a beautiful poetic cocktail of history, culture and nature, so serene, so pristine, yet scintillating and intoxicating. With the vanishing sea of Chandipur…
Now Learn Odia Alphabet via this awesome animation courtesy subhashish of OdiaWiki
More details from Odia Wiki Site
Odish’a Sweet Saga – A nice blog by Diana Sahu
Rarely does a vehicle cross the National Highway 5 stretch between Cuttack and Bhubaneswar, without stopping at Pahala, Odisha’s biggest market selling rasagollas. Unlike other places in the country where the ubiquitous sweetmeat is spongy and has a rubber-like texture,…
Dui ek Dui : Bhubaneswar based Increna releases teaser of an inspirational movie
Here is the teaser for InCrena Productions second film “Dui eke Dui”. Starring: Jyoti Prakash Mahapatra, Nitish Kumar & Children Director : Dilshad Ayubi The works of Dilshad Ayubi, an IT professional who makes short movies in his leisure,…
How Nasim digitized an Odia book of 110 pages in 10 hours using Google OCR – just awesome
This is what Nasim wrote in his Facebook account Digitized an Odia book (110 pages) in one day. Thank you Google OCR and Subhashish Panigrahi It took 10 hours approx (2hr for taking photo with my mobile and image pre-processing,…