The story of Kudub, a village in Orissa’s Koraput district, was no different from nearly a third of India’s rural landscape. Every day the setting sun would steal away the last rays of hope for the villagers to prepare for…


Odia Wikisource went live just before Deepavali and is now available for Odia readers who are eager to access Odia books online. There are over 40 million native Odia speakers living in Odisha and diaspora in the US, UK,…

As we celebrate 2nd year completion of our existence, a big THANK YOU to our great supporter / followers / friends. We could not have been here without your support. As we look back to a couple years back, we…

Seed-stage impact investor Unitus Seed Fund has appointed ‘startup scouts’ to actively participate in the local startup community and develop partnerships with other local investors, angel groups, entrepreneur groups, business incubators/accelerators, higher education institutions across India. “We were excited about…

Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday said it is about time Odisha surged ahead with the vast potential – natural, intellectual and cultural – it is endowed with. “If Saudi Arabia can use oil as…

When you see the excitement almost tangible, when you see people running from post to pillar without any sort of cribbing or disinterest, when you see people so forthcoming to take up any trivial task for a bigger purpose, when…

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