Sandeep Sahu

The media thrives on tragedy. That’s the nature of the beast. But does it follow that the media person has an inalienable right to violate anyone’s privacy and be crude, rude and grossly insensitive in...

One of the key attributes of a successful politician is the ability to say something in public while meaning something entirely different. Thus, when BJD President and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik says on the eve...

It looks like only yesterday when expectations about a film – at least of the blockbuster variety – were built up over months and, in some cases, even years. Fans waited with bated breath for...

Over the millennia, man has conquered everything in sight (and many things not in sight!). Having stamped his authority on the world, he set its sights on the universe. The moon was the first stop;...

On a lazy afternoon over three decades ago, I was reading a book when there was a knock on the door.  I opened the door to find a middle aged man I knew panting profusely....

The notification for the bypoll in Bijepur is yet to be issued by the Election Commission (EC). But in a feat unparalleled in the annals of Odisha politics, the little known Assembly constituency in Bargarh...

For the first time since the BJP swept to power at the Centre three and a half years ago, the Deadly Duo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party President Amit Shah looks truly vulnerable....

“Surgery on Jaga-Kalia today.” “Marathon surgery on Jaga-Kalia begins.” “20-hour long operation successful; Jaga-Kalia separated.” “Jaga out of ventilator.” “Jaga out of ICU.” “Kalia still critical.” “Mother meets Jaga for first time after surgery.” “Kalia...

Whoever thought of incorporating a camera into the good old talk-only mobile phone could not have imagined in his/her wildest dream the innovative ways it could be put to use. One could shoot just about...

It’s a bizarre claim. Something that is crystal clear to the whole of Odisha is ‘not clear’ to the Odisha government! Even more bizarre is the assertion in the report sent by the Bargarh district...

From utter despondency to a flicker of hope, it was an extraordinary turnaround of moods for millions of Odias in the course of a few hours on Tuesday. The morning began with collective breast-beating after...

Two different cases in two different cities nearly 1150 kms apart in the recent past tell us the one bitter truth we have ignored for far too long: our school children are under great stress....

Since the BJP rode to power and Narendra Modi became Prime Minister of the country, there has been constant breast-beating over the supposedly shrinking space for independent journalism in the country. The familiar refrain has...

By Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s rather frugal standards, this is going to be a marathon speech, lasting not less than 45 minutes. Since he would be addressing students – and more importantly their parents –...

So, the Kunduli minor was not raped, after all! The startling revelation, quoting the medical report conducted on the Class IX girl, by the ADG, Human Rights Protection Cell (HRPC) of Odisha police on Tuesday...

Now that the state cabinet has decided, as part of a comprehensive package for crop loss, to pay compensation even to those who have emulated Bargarh farmer Brunda Sahu and burnt their crops, Agriculture minister...

There is absolutely no doubt that Koraput police has messed up the Kunduli gang rape case big time. Over three weeks after the gang rape of a Class IX girl allegedly by a group of...

Of late – since his much publicized US visit in September, to be more precise – there has been a spate of reports and commentaries in the national media about the ‘metamorphosis’ of Rahul Gandhi....

The fire that a shattered Brunda Sahu lit on his paddy field devastated by ‘chakada’ insects on Tuesday, a day before committing suicide at the very same place the next day, is spreading frighteningly fast and...

Attempts at tweaking history by politicians are by no means a new phenomenon. But what is of comparatively recent origin is the systematic effort to challenge and repudiate long established facts of history to suit...