Come Durga Puja, there’s a flood of articles on the origin of the festival in the zamindari culture of Bengal, which sought to appease the East India Company in the 18th century. Not one has any reference to the…
Salute to Ramakrishna Nanda on his Death Anniversary today : Ahe Dayamaya author
Ramakrushna Nanda (15 February 1906 – 28 October 1994) of Bairoi, Cuttack, Odisha, India, was an author of children’s literature. He composed the song Ahe Dayamaya Biswa Bihari, a favourite of Mahatma Gandhi at Sabarmati Ashram. This song was…
Odisha through the eyes of Nigel Planer part I : Founder of The London Comedy Store
It was while I was in Odisha – a state in the east of India, below Kolkata on the Bay of Bengal – that the Odisha Tourist Development Corporation (http://www.otdc.in) won the South Asia award for the “Best Emerging Tourist…
Odisha through the eyes of Nigel planer : Founder of The London Comedy Store
India has a population nearly four times that of the United States. And as a visitor from the west, it often seems like all of the people want to talk to you. What is your name? Where are you from?…
Why a state constantly craves for recognition: an awesome read by priyambad
It is said that when Diogenes of Sinope, Asia Minor, who was exiled and started living in Athens was once asked where he came from, he replied, “kosmopolites” or “I am a citizen of the world”. That he was also…
What’s With The Rasogulla? : An article in swarajya tracks it to Odisha Origin
No other sweetmeat in the recent past has evoked such extreme sense of state patriotism as the rasogulla. But has all the brouhaha really got the answers? It’s almost official now: Rasogulla is Odisha’s. A recent article published in a…
Bhubaneswar to Bhutan Cycle Rally: Day 6 773 kilometers already covered
15.10.2015 Here is how it went from their personal experience Day 6 of Bhubaneswar to Bhutan International cycle Trip Berhempore to Malda 148 km. It was a tough day as we have to negotiate horrible roads with severe traffic jam.…
Bangalore Engineer Leading a Positive Change in Odisha Village – via Better India
It all started when P.V. Bharath Vineeth took a sabbatical from his IT job in Bangalore to work in a hospital in Chattisgarh. In spite of holding Engineering and MBA degrees, Bharath has always been inclined towards the social sector…
Bijay Biswaal of Odisha famous for his Train painting comes to Mumbai for exhibition
A capture at Jagatsinghpur Odisha by Udayan Sarathi on Sanctuary Asia Front Page
Here is what Udayan had to tell about this achievement of his: My image published in Sanctuary Asia Magazine cover page ☺ Happy Dappy Have I told this before this image of Milky Way was my first try at Astro…