Sandeep Sahu

By Sandeep Sahu Suddenly, there are few takers for houses on rent in Bhubaneswar. Just about everyone in the city seems to have a house – even those who squatted on public land till a...

By Sandeep Sahu He fits the expression ‘an enigma wrapped in a mystery’ like very few politicians in Odisha do. It is hard to think of another neta who remains relevant without being a minister,...

By Sandeep Sahu It is the worst time to be a journalist in years. Never before has it so happened that you are in the middle of chasing your latest story when you get a...

The preparations at the government level begin months before. But the obsession in the media sets in just about a fortnight ahead of D Day (‘B Day’ would be more appropriate though). Edit pages of...

By Sandeep Sahu It looks straight out of The Arabian Nights. Since l’affaire Penthapala burst on to the scene in panchayat poll-bound Odisha 10 days ago, each day has brought a fresh story, each more...

The reactions on Twitter varied from the funny to the bizarre. “Come on guys… Vinod Rai is IAS, he’s Superman, repository of all wisdom in the world. He can be a rocket scientist. What is...

By Sandeep Sahu 36, 779!!! The figure should sound an alarm bell for all those who love democracy because that is the number of candidates who have won ‘uncontested’ even before the three-tier panchayat elections...

By Sandeep Sahu Come election time and suddenly, cine stars are in great demand. As per a well-established tradition, the most sought after among them invariably head for the party in power with the opposition...

It is hard to dismiss it as sheer coincidence. Barely 24 hours after Shapoorji Pallonji acquired majority stake in the Gopalpur Port Limited (GPL), Tata Steel picked up controlling stake in Creative Port Development Private...

Donald Trump could not have begun his presidency on a more inauspicious note. Within the first 24 hours after assuming office on January 20, the irrepressible American President stunned the nation with his preposterous claim...

By Sandeep Sahu The implications are scary. There was a definite message in the fact that a team of the National Investigating Agency (NIA) reached the site of the derailment of the Hirakhand Express near...

By Sandeep Sahu The decks have been cleared. With the Supreme Court agreeing to defer the verdict in the case by a week and the Centre promising to de-notify the bull as a performing animal...

  By Sandeep Sahu It is an arrangement that suits no one other than the mandarins of the Odisha Cricket Association (OCA). The players of the Indian and visiting team have to undergo the eminently...

Another life snuffed out before it could bloom. Another girl ‘punished’ for her ‘audacity’ to protest sexual harassment. Another name added to the growing list of victims of atrocities against women. Though the circumstances leading...

By Sandeep Sahu After sleeping for months, the CBI suddenly woke up on Thursday and decided to raid 25 premises, including the houses of BJD MP from Balasore Rabindra Kumar Jena, Cuttack-Chodwar BJD MLA Prabhat...

By Sandeep Sahu A rider at the outset. As of now, the BJD, the ruling party in Odisha, is going strong and there is nothing to suggest that its love affair with the people of...

By Sandeep Sahu It was predictable. The response of the Border Security Force (BSF) to the serious allegations of corruption and pilferage leveled against its senior officers by jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav was entirely along...

By Sandeep Sahu A video going viral on social media since Sunday evening serves as a timely warning for existing and potential eve teasers in the Twin City and the state at large. The one...

By  Sandeep Sahu. Can one rejoice at the death of someone? In the heartless, merciless world of social media, people apparently can, even if the deceased happens to be someone as illustrious as Om Puri,...

By Sandeep Sahu Let me start with a confession. The provocation – or inspiration, if you like – for this piece came from a post by a Delhi based friend on his Facebook wall. “Proud...