This article is an awesome description of rural tourism in odisha by Chandrahas Choudhury. Provided below are a few excerpts and the link to the full article, a must read for everyone. Rural tourism provides travellers the opportunity to experience…
How Saraswati Puja celebration used to be a couple decades earlier in Bhubaneswar : Sambeet Dash
Saraswati Puja brings back nostalgic memories from childhood days. As kids, we used to eagerly wait for days for its arrival. I could barely sleep the night before the auspicious day, my mind was preoccupied with getting early to pluck…
Some Amazing Facts About Odisha You might have never heard of before
• Odisha is very ancient & the oldest rocks (from Mayurbhanj) date back to 3 billion years (Our planet is believed to be 4.5 billion years old) • Chandragupta Maurya was hesitant for 60 long years to attack Kalinga (old…
Chhena Poda: The Showstopper Dessert of Odisha Cuisine by Priyadarshini Nandy
Going to Puri for the holidays, is like a pilgrimage for most vacationers from Bengal. At least that’s how it used to be when we were growing up. I even remember being piled onto a train with my folks in…
Journey of 2 cuttack Bike Riders: 4644 km, 7 states to Nohkalikai waterfall at Cherrapunjee
Sajal Seth Writes : Sandakphu , Sikkim & Sohra on Bike It was my dream ride to above 3 places named with letter ” S ” & for which I rode through 7 Indian states viz. Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar,…
An Interview with Dibya Satpathy launching his debut book : political fiction based on Odisha
Born and brought up in Odisha, Dibya Satpathy according to his own words was an average student who was far more interested in plays than textbooks. A gradual leaning towards literature was only obvious. A National Defence Academy Graduate, Class of…
Solo Ride to Daringbadi in Odisha : A nice blog by Anunoy Samanta
Apart from clicking photos, traveling oxygenates me. Not long ago, I used to be an amateurish travel blogger. How and why I shifted to photo blogging is not so interesting though. Solo backpacking suits me the best. First thing that…
Magical Mangaljodi : A well written blog by Panchami Manoo Ukil
A short trip to my magical Mangalajodi. As we boat out of a creek, the vastness seems as expansive as the mind, fragile yet resilient. There is no desolation in the solitariness and silence of the marshes here ……
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…