Hockey India League’s opening match will be played in Bhubaneswar on January 18, while Ranchi, will host the semi-finals and final (February 21) for the third time in four years The six franchises battling for supremacy in the richest field…
ZEE TV Saregamapa auditions for 2016 to begin with Bhubaneswar on 8th January
Zee TV’s ‘Sa Re Ga Ma Pa’, the first singing talent hunt show on Indian television has been instrumental in introducing the country to some of its demigods of music – Shreya Ghoshal, Kunal Ganjawala, Shekhar Ravjiani, Bela Shende,…
PM Narendra Modi might visit Odisha in February for IOCL and NISER inauguration
Prime minister Narendra Modi might visit Odisha in February first week to inaugurate IOCL and NISER permanent campus. He might visit Puri Jagannath Temple for darshan too. The refinery is one of the largest in the world and the technology…
Cotton weaving still survives in this Odisha village
Generation-old family tradition of cotton weaving still continues through a cooperative of pre-Independence era at Padmanabhpur village of Ganjam district in Odisha. This is evident from the traditional charkhas and handlooms operational at households in this village. According to weaver…
What Use Is Temple Cuisine? by Shoba Narayan
In 1810, Robert Southey, a somewhat effeminate-looking British poet laureate who belonged to the Romantic school, wrote a poem calledThe Curse of Kehama. In it, he talked about an Indian practice that appalled him. “A thousand pilgrims strain,” he…
The Pinnacle Of All Prasadams : Jagannath Mahaprasad by Shoba Narayan
I am going to Puri to write about Maha Bhog—the pinnacle of all prasadams; the lord’s food, which will be served to his devotees with his blessings. It is kind of a futile exercise really, because I will not be…
The Contrasting Tales Of Puri Jagannath’s Origin by Shoba Narayan
The origin of the Jagannath idol is the subject of many tales. My favourite comes from Sarala Dasa, the 15th century Odia poet who wrote his version of the Mahabharata. In it, he imagines Krishna’s death. The actual way…
5000 Wifi access points to be setup in bhubaneswar after success of current trial run
The much-awaited Wi-Fi facility in bhubaneswar is targeted to be completed within a year as the government has decided to set up 5,000 access points at different locations. At present, trial run of Wi-Fi is going on at six places…
Heard about India’s first crowd curated Novel by Odia XIMB Grad Uday Satpathy
Brutal, a thriller published by Bloody Good Book and Westland Books, is India’s first crowd-curated novel. The author Uday Satpathy takes the reader through a roller-coaster adventure of two journalists who find themselves in danger when they uncover links between…
OYO Rooms Founder from Odisha makes it into Forbes list of achievers under 30
22-year-old Ritesh Agarwal, founder and CEO of Oyo Rooms, is among the 45 Indians or Indian-origin people who have made it to Forbes’ annual list of achievers under the age of 30. The Forbes fifth annual ’30 Under 30′ list…