Sandeep Sahu

“Hello What?” most Odias must have wondered after hearing/reading/knowing about “Hello Arsi”, the Odia film that bagged as many as three National awards, including one for the best dialogue, at the National Film Awards announced...

As the spine chilling details of the Kathua gang rape case make it to the mainstream media, comparisons are inevitably being drawn with the horrific Nibhaya gang rape case of Delhi in 2012. But there...

Sometime ago, I was standing in a rather long queue in front of one of the counters at the General Post Office (GPO) in Bhubaneswar. The hassled young man on the other side of the...

It was meant to remind the people about the party’s intrinsic links with the Father of the Nation. But unfortunately for the Congress, the ‘day-long’ ‘Sadbhavna Upvas’ planned by Congress President Rahul Gandhi to reinforce...

There comes a time in everyone’s life when one cannot help feeling a little inflated. And let me confess today was one such moment for me. Addressing a motley crowd of journalism students, some of...

Perhaps the most significant takeaway from BJP President Amit Shah’s speech in Bhawanipatna on Wednesday was his refusal to mention the party’s ‘Mission 120’ that was launched amid great fanfare during his last visit in...

Yet another Utkal Dibasa is upon us. Like previous years, elaborate plans have been drawn up to celebrate the occasion. Most cities and town in Odisha are already wearing a festive look with colourful ‘Chinesse’...

Indian judiciary is going through its worst ever crisis. And the crisis predates the initiation of impeachment proceedings against Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra by a clutch of Opposition parties led by the...

Ever since the Supreme Court sought a reply from 12 states, including Odisha, on why they have not yet appointed Lokayuktas, there has been outrage in the state over the non-appointment of one by the...

The much needed – and much delayed – second bridge on River Brahmani in Rourkela is fast turning out to be a joke played on the people of the Steel City on All Fools Day...

Does faith have a place in a modern, science-driven society? Does science have answers to all the questions that confront man? When does faith degenerate into superstition? And where does one draw the line between...

It is a sad day for cricket. And for the millions of fans spread across the world who love the beautiful game. There could well be people in cricket playing countries, especially those that have...

On the surface, the BJP and Congress are at loggerheads at the national level. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has repeatedly called for a ‘Congress mukt Bharat’. On its part, the Congress is working to forge...

In boycotting all programmes on OTV, the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has shown itself as petty, intolerant and vengeful. In the bargain, it has lost, in one stroke, its hard earned reputation as a...

Rarely has a Presidential visit left behind such an unsavoury trail of controversies in its wake. On his maiden, two-day visit to Odisha that ended on Sunday, President Ramnath Kovind could have certainly done without...

At a time when the Congress is showing definite signs of a revival of sorts after being in the doldrums since the crushing defeat in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the party unit in Odisha...

“We got classical status for Odia language.” “We formed Odia Bhasha Pratisthan.” “We set up the Sarala Das Chair in JNU.” “We are now setting up an Odia University.” “We have even made it mandatory...

Gujarat had hinted at it. Recent by-elections in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh had corroborated it. And now, the outcome of the latest round of by-elections in UP and Bihar has confirmed it. The BJP is...

Dear Kunduli Girl, Why did you do it? Why did you cook up the utterly baseless, mischievous and malicious story about your gang rape? Why did you try to malign our security forces, who are...

Ah, to be back at your birthplace! Nothing, absolutely nothing, can describe or explain the sheer joy and the excitement that coursed through the veins as I set foot in Kharsuan, my native place, this...