A group of Japanese tourists arrived here to learn water sports and Indian music. They learnt playing tabla and harmonium, practiced yoga and tried their hands at water sports. While it was Odia music composer and singer T Shourie who…
Odisha Pattachitra training classes now in Mysore to spread the art
Heard of Pattachitra? It’s a cloth-based scroll painting from Odisha. There is a chance to learn this ancient art sitting in Mysore. The art is said to be more than a 1,000 years old Thanks to Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya…
World Bank Publishes report praising Odisha Disaster Management in Phailin
Nearly one million coastal residents were relocated in a massive evacuation effort ahead of Cyclone Phailin, partly enabled by the shelters and emergency roadways that were funded through the National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project (NCRMP), as well as frequent mock…
Case of Odisha Sprinter Dutee Chand featured in NY Times
Dutee Chand loves her body just the way it is. She loves her long, dark hair, which is often pulled back into a tight ponytail, and the toned biceps she likes to show off with tank tops. As a young…
Odisha braces for Cyclonic threat. Again….After phailin, Hudhud now
Latest picture of hudhud Odisha (major cyclone Invest 99B over bay of bengal) at 955mb suggests Category 3 already. Next 24-48 hours will decide if it develops to Cat4 like Phailin or Cat5 like Supercylone1999. Be prepared. Be safe.Landfall likely Odisha…
Are CCTV cameras in Odisha Forests enough to stop poaching of Elephants
Worried over large scale elephant poaching in the Odisha, the state government has decided to keep forests under surveillance by installing CCTV cameras. The cameras to be installed at different points of divisional forests would help in checking poaching, smuggling,…
Cuttack group starts Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
It’s the start of a new broomance. The Prime Minister’s Swachh Bharat Mission aims to get people to rediscover their roots, and leaves, and other discarded matter so they can make a clean break with the past. This surely is…
Low pressure formed, cyclone threat but…This is no Phailin, not to worry
Low pressure formed, may turn into depression. Rains are coming, everybody remembers last year Durga puja as Odisha bear the brunt of Phailin, but this is not supposed to be of same magnitude. Rains and thunder showers may lash one…
Durga Puja Bhasani Aftermath – Water pollution concern raises
Goddess Durga and her siblings have been immersed but what has surfaced in its aftermath is pollution threat to rivers in the twin cities. Cheap lead and chrome-based paints that are used to make idols are polluting the water body.…
Gold Crown of Maa Durga in Ranihat costs 1.5 crore
Did you know the gold crown of Maa Durga for the pandal at Ranihat Cuttack costs 1.5 crore? Apart from that there is Silver filigree work of the pandal is also there.