The latest Odia novel by Sri Manoj Das, ଶେଷ ତାନ୍ତ୍ରିକର ସନ୍ଧାନରେ (Shesha Tantrikara Sandhanare), is going to come out of press on September 10, 2018. However, keeping in mind the interest of the readers and fans of Sri Manoj Das,…

Our (i.e. All Odias’) love for our home deity, Lord Jagannath, does not come from a fear of the Almighty – someone who is busy running the universe and hence has no time for us – but from the cultural stance…
Things have changed. We have come far ahead, leaving loads of rich traditions far behind and of course taking a few sheds of them that we easily could carry. In the mad exodus from culturally-rich village to materially-rich city, many…
‘One who has visited this district at least once in his life never forgets it.’ – that’s how the Government-funded website (created perhaps to popularise tourism and, to some extent, to appease owners of a few software start-ups) introduces…
Music is in the ear of him who hears, As beauty in the eyes of him who sees… [Florence Percy] Yet, can we take away the inherent credit either from a beautiful flower or from a gifted musician? Never. It…